Something has to give....
The UK has had 12 years of government by a Tory party obsessed with being more Thatcherite than Margaret Thatcher. Like some kind of cargo cult on a small Pacific island the truly pure and faithful demand ever larger sacrifices from the rest of the population to show their devotion to a distant god.
But this cannot go on, with inflation soaring even before the invasion of Ukraine, the real consequences of the slashing of services and benefits over the years are about to become apparent.
The Chancellor will do the very least he can get away today, it won’t be enough. I think he will be forced back before the autumn to try again.
The cargo cult still rules, for now.
Economics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.