So there you are, don't mess with the market

10th March 2008
By Jon Davis

Gordon Brown and Alastair Darling have had a torrid time since the autumn election that never was. ‘The most important hinge in the whole of government’ (as Lord Lawson of Blaby described the prime minister-chancellor relationship) continues to suffer under the weight of financial and economic crises emanating from both the UK and abroad, some unavoidable and others self-inflicted. It has led to calls for Darling to be replaced by Ed Balls amid Conservative accusations …