FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2009
“Nein, Herr Brown” to More Fiscal Stimulus" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 68, 119); ">German’s Say “Nein, Herr Brown” to More Fiscal Stimulus
Angela Merkel told the Bundestagyesterday “It is not time to look at more growth measures. I disagree with this idea completely. The existing measures must work, they must be allowed to develop”, by which she means the monetary stimuli already implemented.
Referring to the G20 the German Chancellor said: “We need to send good psychological signals from London and not engage in a competition for unrealisable growth packages. We have already done our part.”
Already Treasury officials are back-pedalling on Gordon’s calls for yet more co-ordinated global fiscal stimulus and ceding to Franco-German demands for pan-European financial markets regulation - something that Britain has hitherto resisted. Gordon is caving in to European demands in the hope of getting a G20 boost from having got an international deal of some kind which he can spin.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009
Lynton Crosby Advising Libertas on Euro-Campaign
Isaby has scooped another story forConservativeHome, the news that Lynton Crosby is advising Declan Ganley on running a slate of candidates in Britain for June’s European elections. Guidosuggested early on that the Tories should have associated themselves with the Libertas pan-European ticket. Maybe they felt there was little to be gained in doing so in the UK. In the wider post-EPP environment after the election it might have been useful, assuming Libertas win any seats.
Lynton is a business-like strategist, he knows has three major problems; firstly the policy position taken by Libertas is nearly the same as the Conservative stance towards the EU, secondly British voters who are particularly interested in the EU tend to UKIP. His third problem is name recognition, few have heard of Libertas. Will be fascinated to see what strategy he comes up with since Crosby has a reputation as a realist when it comes to campaigning. If he wins a single UK seat he will have done well.
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