Peter Jones

Ancient & modern | 24 April 2010

In this election there is one stupendous problem towering over all parties’ ambitions — debt. They all pretend it can be solved painlessly, but know they cannot tell the truth about it. Romans would have known where to start.

issue 24 April 2010

In this election there is one stupendous problem towering over all parties’ ambitions — debt. They all pretend it can be solved painlessly, but know they cannot tell the truth about it. Romans would have known where to start.

In this election there is one stupendous problem towering over all parties’ ambitions — debt.

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