So, we have lost our Triple-A rating. Inevitably, Ed Balls is all over the airwaves and in the press, saying I told you so. If Balls had presided over such a calamitous financial shambols in the private sector as he did in the public one, he'd never work again. Ironically, it's the fact he's a politician which allows him to continue spouting his namesake, but that should be a cause for serious concern in a democracy like ours. And, however much we'd like to think that intelligent men and woman know he's bonkers, George Osborne's timid approach to our dire situation only concedes ground to people like Balls. Osborne has got to rise to the challenge and apply some radical Conservatism to our economy if we are to see genuine growth in the UK. He must break free from any Lib Dem influence in the Treasury, listen to the likes of John Redwood and many other prominent backbenchers, and reduce once and for all the Government's hideous link with the existing client state. Cut taxes, too: VAT, CGT, employers' NI and abolish Inheritance Tax, the most appalling, vindictive and regressive tax in existence. If we want the next generation to have a hand-up, and they will need all the help they can get, why on earth reduce that source of wealth by 40 per cent on death? I am glad to see and read that the real Conservatives in our Party are beginning to move, to speak out aloud and to stand up for the millions of hard-working people who are fed up with governments taking their money, only to see it squandered in massive social projects like the EU and overseas aid. Is common sense returning to these shores at last? My God, I hope so.