Budget 2008 and years of not being prepared

Farting about with Stamp Duty is a sop to the builders and the estate agents. Hell even David McWilliams is saying as much. It'll all be put back into the prices of the houses. WHICH NEED TO COME DOWN. The current cost of house prices is not a good thing.

McWilliams made reference to "Ethelred the Unready" on the radio this evening in relation to the Stamp Duty and it uselessness. A more general point might be made about how small minded the current government appear to be. Where are the big ideas. Where were they for the past 5 years when we needed to figure out ways to really make the economy hum. Too little done. Too much time and money wasted.