By the way...

Hmm, I just read the BBC News webpage...

"Osborne to consult public about spending choices.

Chancellor George Osborne has pledged a "fundamental reassessment" of the way government works as he outlined plans to involve the public in making cuts.
He said he wanted the "best people in their fields" from inside and outside government involved and a "wider public engagement exercise" over the summer....
He pledged to involve people from inside and outside government in a consultation over the summer including think tanks, pressure groups and people working in front line services. Civil servants as well as head teachers, police officers, nurses and others would be asked to contribute, he said. "What we want to do is make sure that all political parties, that the brightest and best brains across Whitehall and the public sector, that voluntary groups, think tanks, trade unions that members of the public are all engaged in the debate and discussion about how collectively we deal with the problem - after all it is our collective national debt," he said."

Good idea, let's hope it goes beyond talk and into action.