The Last Budget

As always, there is much speculation about what might be contained within the budget. I'll leave that speculation to those people who now more about it than me - which is probably most people. However, I'd like to point out just one thing: come hell or high water, this is Darling's last budget. If Labour lose the next election, then it will most probably be the Boy George delivering our next budget. If Labour win the next election, then Darling will be replaced (particularly after his "forces of hell" tirade). You could almost argue that today represents a little piece of history - the last budget of Alistair Darling. Of course, in order to argue that convincingly, you'd have to make the case for Darling actually being a historical figure. Unfortunately, he is a sock-puppet for his evil overlord in No.10. But still, take a moment to consider that this will be Darling's last budget before he is consigned to the historical oblivion that awaits all crap awful Chancellors...