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The budget left Alistair Darling’s opinion poll ratings at rock bottom. And Colin Chinery says manufacturing is not surprised

To a country mauled by gales, Alistair Darling delivered his first budget, and a message: Britain is well placed to “weather economic storms.” If there is an economic version of the Beaufort Scale, the Chancellor surely has his own unique variant....

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