Ninety years on and a short break!

What state will we all be in by the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War one wonders, a sombre moment today remembering the ninetieth anniversary of the armistice. I will be away for a few days. Over on John Redwood's blog there are signs that the launch of the appalling Tax Policy by David Cameron and George Osborne's performance on The Politics Show has caused this always well-informed Conservative back-bencher to share what look like some of his inner thoughts on the banking crisis. It may be worth while keeping an eye on his blog while I am gone, links here and here. In the US today it seems Circuit City has already gone and General Motors might well follow before midnight. 'Wizard' and 'bonzer' idea of the Tories (NOT) for a tiny NI subsidy for small companies, I wonder if David Cameron standing on the bows of the Titanic with a small hand held hair dryer (had such been invented) might not have saved that mighty vessel? More chance of that than the Tories tax strategy helping the country or anyone else!