All talk, no pain

THROUGH the impenetrable fog that is the pre-match analysis of the upcoming budget cuts, some clarity has finally appeared.

Amid the hours of airwaves and yards of print columns, our public-spirited politicians, learned economists and assorted commentators-for-hire have arrived at a consensus: we must all share the pain.

It is surely mere coincidence that this harmonious choir who chant “pain, pain, pain” are the very ones who will not in any real sense be affected by the budget cuts.