marketwatch BUDGET 2006 (TT April06 p12-13)

Gordon Brown’s feel-good Budget
On 22 March, Gordon Brown gave his 10th Budget. However, I assume that, unlike his 19th century predecessor Nicholas Vansittart, to whom he compared himself, the current Chancellor of the Exchequer does not expect his next job to be Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. There seemed to be something in the Budget for everybody, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer looked like he was feeling very good about life.