6 October

The parties that say they value individual initiative more than anything else, never give anything to most individuals. The budget last night could have been targeted at individuals, by giving them money. Instead the only individuals to get much money are a tiny group of the wealthy. The rest of the money overwhelmingly goes to business, which is the least individual-friendly part of our whole society. The idea is they’ll now share it with us, through ‘investment’. Pigs might fly.