Brown’s golden rules have been exposed as a sham, says Irwin Stelzer, but the Tory response has been feeble. Their target should be the PM’s feathering of Old Labour nests
The good news is that Gordon Brown’s golden rules are no more. These rules did not stop the then chancellor from launching a spending binge.

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