More empty words from the 'greenest' government ever.
Is the green they're referring to just the little tree in the tory emblem ?
Perhaps it's to do with the PM and chancellors lack of broad experience.
Either way, no one with any sense would expect anything but the same old, same old from the business as usual
back slapping, palm greasing felchmeisters.

While I'm ranting. What's all this 'Bad weather' , since when did we have to emotionalise a weather forecast.
Forecasters apologising for rain . What's all that about ?

"In Scotland, there is no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes." - Billy Connelly

We get the politicians and the media we deserve.

"Opinionated weather forecasters who tell me it’s going to be a “miserable day”
Miserable to who? I quite like a bit of drizzle, so stick to the facts!"

(A Country Practice) Half Man Half Biscuit

As long as people still believe in the poltical theater of left wing/right wing, labour/conservative. then yes you will get the politiciens you deserve.

Hows it going with good old Obama now?

Posted By: Triassicthose ... who voted got the politicians ... they wanted

I don't think so - adversarial 'democracy' guarantees that at least half or much more 'lose', get what they don't want, and put their energies into manoeuvring to get their own back 'next time'. This system can claim no lineage back to hallowed ancient Greek democracy - it's just traditional despotism re-branded except now 'we the people' are told we have the power - and we believe that and fight despots' wars for it! Do we really feel we 'have the power'? Don't say "hardly, it's imperfect, but there is no alternative".

Mrs T - There Is No Alternative (TINA).
'Wets' - There Exist Several Spendid Alternatives (TESSA).

And yes, bot, the ritual left/right polarity (as if anything else is just fluffy) is another part of our trance.

Do we really feel we 'have the power'?.

Is spending power the only real effective one left ?

Unfortunately one of the greatest threats to creating real change is a society that is programmed to ridicule others opinions, shut down open discussion and keep to the "consensus" view of things.

I was brought up in a "leftwing" household, where Thatcher was the Baddie. I thought the left were the good guys. I have since learnt that the supposed good guy "radicals" can be just as fascist if not worse in shutting down any voice of opinion that seeks an alternative view, to question or creates discussion or debate.

People damn the ineffective/establishment media in one breath, whilst at the same time they try to shut down debate that threatens their world view with the next.

thus the statusquo continues and we wonder why, whilst in fact continuing a closed minded mentality very much part of the problem. So yes we do get the system/politicians we deserve because they are an external reflection of our inner close minded egos.

For 200k yrs 'Human Nature' was overwhelmingly to co-operate in an egalitarian consensual manner (tho always exceptions e.g. fighting 'others' over scarce resources). The Law of the Eco-system prevailed - 'Survival of those who fit in'.

Then for a mere 6k yrs' 'learning period' (agriculture, cities, states etc), the Law of the Jungle was substituted - 'Survival of the Fittest', as unprecedented surpluses made un-egalitarian grabbing feasible. This, as we now at last see, has brought the global eco-system close to collapse.

The new despots told us
"Law of the Jungle is human nature - so get used to it".
But that was and is a self-serving lie, as we're now at last beginning to re-discover.

Finally, for the last 250yrs, the western despots got even cleverer -
"Law of the Jungle is human nature - but that's OK - ruthless Market Forces will automatically bring the Greatest Good and adversarial Democracy will give Power to the People. So get out there and kill (or enslave) all who disagree!"
Neat, eh?

Adversarial democracy locks-in the sad notion that human nature is such that we can't reach understandings but can only struggle to defeat opponents. By that strategy, we and our elected gladiator-politicians put all our energies and attention onto the circus, while the real despots get on with asset-stripping the planet unhindered.

It's kill or cure time. We may kill the planet and ourselves by continued Law of the Jungle. Or we may just in time re-establish Law of the Eco-system - 'Survival of those who fit in'.
We may rediscover the human ability to keep talking until we reach egalitarian, consensual agreement, which is age-old Human Nature (which actually never went away). This will need a new name, other than debased 'democracy'.

Lots and lots of work happening now, to create or to simply re-discover practical new forms of 'governance' if that's the word for it. Previous revolutions neglected to do that, and became just another despot-opportunity; today's revolutions see despot-proofing as almost their core task.

I'm told that in egalitarian consensual Australian Aborigine societies, anyone who shows signs of wanting to take charge or get their way is gently sidelined, as they're obviously unhinged.

'economic theories' Do they call it a science ? or is it a belief system more akin to religion

I would like to see them do it with a live frog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VlWonYfN3A

It is the sum of human behaviour.

'Market Forces' are just another term for the 'Invisible Hand'.

What most people don't like and don't fully understand is that society drives the economy (the wisdom of the masses) and not governments, businesses, dictators, prophets or such like, they just speed up or slow down the inevitable change.

The Green Deal is a classic example of trying to change something by tackling the wrong end (the demand end) rather than where the problem is (the supply end). The Government did this with accountancy principles and not economic principles, Thankfully the wisdom of the masses has shown it for what it is.

'Market Forces' = 'Invisible Hand' = 'Collective unconscious' = 'God'

As I suspected, economic theory, a system more akin to religious belief praise be !

I dread to think
But then again, perhaps something altogether better ?