For some unexplained reason, Philip Hammond and Theresa May decided to schedule the March budget a week earlier than usual this year:
- 2010 budget- Wednesday March 24th
- 2011 budget- Wednesday March 23rd
- 2012 budget- Wednesday March 21st
- 2013 budget- Wednesday March 20th
- 2014 budget- Wednesday March 19th
- 2015 budget- Wednesday March 18th
- 2016 budget- Wednesday March 16th
- 2017 budget- Wednesday March 8th
This means – for the first time in years – the chancellor’s March budget didn’t clash with the Cheltenham Festival which takes place a week later, and which also happens to be the most popular event of the year for City executives and top bankers:
The square mile has complained for years about the scheduling of the March budget – which forces them to work slap bang in the middle of the festival.
Coincidentally, Theresa May is also keen on attending races. Along with her husband Philip. Who, coincidentally, works in the City.
Could keeping City fatcats happy (not to mention potential party donors) be the real reason for May and Hammond’s mysterious rescheduling of this year’s March budget?
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Reblogged this on sdbast.
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Seems entirely feasible, wouldn’t surprise me.
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Thanks for your insight as usual Tom! – That’s exactly why the Tories rescheduled it last year too.
[Finkfurst – you know full well it wasn’t rescheduled last year. You have trolled this website obsessively for 6 years now. You are sick. Get help.] – Tom
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Tom, you’re onto something!
2006 budget- Wednesday March 19th (Labour)
2007 budget- Wednesday March 21st (Labour)
2008 budget- Wednesday March 12th (Labour)
2009 budget- Wednesday April 22nd (Labour)
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I’m afraid I don’t get it. If this is manipulation of the Tories by city fatcats then why did the Tories not reschedule it in previous years, and why apparently Labour did do so at least twice?
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The actual reason the government didn’t want to go for Wednesday 15 March is because it’s the “Ides of March” and it’s a very bad omen. That’s not a joke, it really is the reason.
We all know the budget went badly wrong for the government, but maybe it would have been much worse if they had it next week!
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Were any victims of the terror attacks Jewish?
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