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The Opinions of Tobias Grubbe for 23rd August 1710 are published at this window. His patron is Journalisted where you may read all about them.

The arguments over the usefulness of speed cameras are eternal and reveal politics at its most truthful. It’s all about what happens on your doorstep, or, on your local roads.

There are endless metaphorical speed cameras for politicians and the ones I look at tell me these four are speeding. Drawing © Matt Buck Hack cartoons : George Osborne, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and a fourth passenger.

Reading: Joseph Stiglitz in The Financial Times (registration may be required).

Reading: Reports of former Chancellor Alastair Darling’s speech at the Donald Dewar Lecture this week

Reading: Bank of England August report on interest rates and the failure to keep inflation inside the target range. The exchange of letters between Chancellor George Osborne and Governor Mervyn King are, at least to me, hilarious. It’s something about the perceived need for public performance I expect.

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The paradox between the optimistic volunteerism of the ‘Big Society’ (less is more!) and the 25% cuts in UK public spending will become increasingly clear this autumn (less is really less!). And especially in the run-up to Chancellor George Osborne’s comprehensive spending review.

The arguments and inter-departmental turf wars over who gets the biggest haircut are already testing the new government’s resilience and PM David Cameron’s PR and people management skills, not least over defence Secretary Liam Fox’s departmental review.

The most high profile part of this is about who pays for Trident – the national nuclear deterrent. The treasury seems to be palming this off on the Ministry of Defence. The MoD and its associated services can probably expect large job losses and major procurement cuts as a result of now having to bear this burden.

This short animated political cartoon with David Cameron as Mary Poppins is put together from a drawing for a magazine cover. I wonder how long the sugar will last. © Matt Buck Hack Cartoons

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