Chancellor’s budget leaves him ready to exit as he arrived – unloved by everyone but himself
Credit where credit is due. At least Boris Johnson made the effort to write two entirely contradictory speeches, even if he didn’t particularly agree with either. Philip Hammond couldn’t even manage that as he delivered what is likely to be his last budget. He has the unique distinction of being the chancellor that neither his own party nor the opposition really wants. And true to form, Hammond couldn’t but help bowing out with the merest whimper. The dog that didn’t bark in the night.
In her leader’s speech at the Tory party conference in Birmingham, Theresa May had confidently declared that the years of austerity were well and truly over. We had never had it so good. Hammond visibly blanched and was quick to distance himself from his prime minister’s hostage to fortune by opening his statement with a mumbled statement that austerity was merely coming to an end. Though he couldn’t say exactly when. All he could do was acknowledge things were still fairly rubbish but he would do his best to make things appear slightly less bad than they already were by spending money he couldn’t say for certain that he definitely had.
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