A Fair Balance At Last?

We were expecting the Budget to be a belt-tightening exercise - and it is.

I find that I can't mourn over the fact that Government Ministers will now have to use public transport, walk, or use 'pool' cars. You and I have been using our Oyster Cards, our feet, and 'pool' cars for many years now, and I don't think any of us are the worse off for the exercise - although we could probably do without the disturbing clanking noises that frequently occur whenever one changes gear in a 'pool' car...

And I don't think any of us need mourn too much over the £836M cut to the Department of Business Innovation & Skills either - or, indeed, the cuts to Local Government and many other public sector departments. They are long, long, overdue. The public sector has grown much too fat - and those of us on the outside of it have grown much too lean. It's long past time to strike a fair balance - and perhaps the time has finally come.