Fraser Nelson Fraser Nelson

Competition: Help Osborne to explain his growth strategy

Yesterday, Lord Wolfson — the new Tory peer and CEO of Next — made an extraordinary offer: £250,000 of his own money to whoever comes up with the best plan to break up the Euro. It’s the second biggest prize in economics, after the Nobel, and a great and patriotic idea from Wolfson, an original and forceful thinker with plenty real world experience from whom I hope we’ll hear more.

Inspired by this, we at Coffee House would like to make our own offer: a bottle of Pol Roger, our house champagne, to whoever can explain George Osborne’s growth strategy. The chancellor needs some help on this front, with some unkind souls suggesting he has no strategy. This is not about suggesting a policy to Osborne — we may have a second competition for that one. It’s about articulating his existing policy, and helping persuade voters that there is a plan for growth.

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