Now, notwithstanding the sage advice of Chris Dillow that “understanding support for austerity requires not an economist but a psychologist”, here’s Newton Emerson to duly report that whatever Northern Ireland is suffering, it sure ain’t austerity:
HNIW9 from The Detail on Vimeo.
There’s the narrow case that Newton makes here, but to that you can add the fact that the Treasury has been quietly doing what Greece has been requesting which is quietly restructuring Northern Ireland’s debt to release up more of its current resource for current and capital spending.
Indeed, you could hardly find a better example of what the endless haggling and ‘fighting against austerity’ in one tweet from Giles Wilks…
Tsipras rejected 9bn austerity. Comes back with 13bn.
So, this, obviously:
https://t.co/wyNtRO3Hv9
— Giles Wilkes (@Gilesyb) July 10, 2015
Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty
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