Comments on: Public spending cuts: the left emerges victorious in the first round of the battle http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2010/02/public-spending-cuts-the-left-emerges-victorious-in-the-first-round-of-the-battle/ Policy news and comment from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:54:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Branson on the deficit: Virgin’ on the idiotic | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2010/02/public-spending-cuts-the-left-emerges-victorious-in-the-first-round-of-the-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-5814 Branson on the deficit: Virgin’ on the idiotic | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:59:19 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=5855#comment-5814 [...] there we were thinking the debate had moved on a bit, with all three main parties now agreeing it better to hold off on major cuts until at least 2011. [...] [...] there we were thinking the debate had moved on a bit, with all three main parties now agreeing it better to hold off on major cuts until at least 2011. [...]

]]> By: Adam Lent http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2010/02/public-spending-cuts-the-left-emerges-victorious-in-the-first-round-of-the-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-5624 Adam Lent Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:40:31 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=5855#comment-5624 Boilermaker: Apologies - sloppy use of language on my part. We don't know the exact detail on the HE cuts yet but, as indicated in The Guardian article I linked to, they will probably roll out over the next three years rather than happen immediately. I agree the new consensus on this is only one step forward but given that the talk not so long ago was of "urgent" and deep cuts in 2010/11, this is a small but significant victory. Boilermaker: Apologies – sloppy use of language on my part. We don’t know the exact detail on the HE cuts yet but, as indicated in The Guardian article I linked to, they will probably roll out over the next three years rather than happen immediately.

I agree the new consensus on this is only one step forward but given that the talk not so long ago was of “urgent” and deep cuts in 2010/11, this is a small but significant victory.

]]> By: boilermaker http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2010/02/public-spending-cuts-the-left-emerges-victorious-in-the-first-round-of-the-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-5623 boilermaker Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:25:08 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=5855#comment-5623 I don't understand. The second paragraph says that 'a consensus has emerged' that cuts are a bad idea right now. But the fourth paragraph refers to the massive, vicious, disastrous cuts in Higher Education. We may have regained some small ground since 'cuts mania' but deficit fetishism is still going to be the dominant theme of the election campaign. I don’t understand.

The second paragraph says that ‘a consensus has emerged’ that cuts are a bad idea right now.

But the fourth paragraph refers to the massive, vicious, disastrous cuts in Higher Education.

We may have regained some small ground since ‘cuts mania’ but deficit fetishism is still going to be the dominant theme of the election campaign.

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