Well, I did. Budget 2009 seems like a long time ago. Things have gotten a hell of a lot worse since then. But all the warning signs were there, and the Government’s failure to address them has been astonishing. Still, in February, they’re only talking about doing something. As I said back in October, what [...]
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(Hat tip to Aidan) In the category of ‘Quality of Overall Infrastructure’ we rank 64th in the world. 64th! 64th out of 134 countries. Our infrastructural quality ranks behind Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Azerbaijan, Jordan and Jamaica. We are one of the richest countries in the world (as measured in GDP) and,yet we still trail behind [...]