> Broadly speaking the only solutions are tax rises, spending cuts or more debt. But these are three very different parties, with conflicting views over borrowing and spending.

So they basically just couldn’t come up with a solution when trying to balance the budget. Definition of death by committee, which is a representation of the will of the people.

How can we do this better? This feels so important, yet it feels impossible if this is the outcome of telling our politicians they need to respect a budget.