12-03-2023, 11:06 PM
(12-03-2023, 10:29 PM)Worzel Wrote: Was watching earlier with the presenter trying to explain to World viewers what Universal Credit is and also what exactly is 'The Budget'.I think they can overexplain these things, a lot of which are rather self-explanatory if you give a little aside like '...Britain's finance minister, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt...', '...Universal Credit, the main component of the UK's welfare system...', etc. Explaining the concept of the Budget is a little odd, though. Such fiscal events are commonplace in parliamentary democracies, often one of the key dates of the political year - the Dutch finance minister notably even copies the UK tradition of holding the briefcase aloft!