18 MARCH 1989, page 9

The Budget

NEVER DULL EXCEPT ON PURPOSE Christopher Fildes detects a certain harshness under the smooth surface NIGEL Lawson has taken his cue from his great predecessor, Benjamin......

The Budget

SURFING ON THE TIDE Commons, observes a Chancellor becalmed IT WAS not until I had left the House of Commons, got home and switched on my television in time for the Chancellor's......