by Dr Steve McCabe
This month I want to tell you a story. It’s a fiscal horror story that would have Stephen King breaking into a cold sweat. It’s about two men and their favoured man-servant called Milburn who went to London to seek their fortunes and took a fairly minor Tory indiscretion, pumped it up with political steroids and dropped it on the UK taxpayer like some slow-burning financial mustard gas, the side effects of which continue to be felt today. Are you sitting uncomfortably? Let’s begin.