The locomotive of politics
Take a deep breath. The scent in your nostrils is the dusty burnt smell of scorched earth politics from the referendum. George Osborne has pre-launched the emergency budget he would advocate in the event of a Leave vote, to the fury of half of his own party’s backbenchers. Dozens have already publicly declared that they would vote against it. Just as extraordinarily, the Leave camp have issued their manifesto should they win. These policies, none of which have been through…