Mr Mather said:"There is also concern about the marginal benefits to the economy of the 13 months' cut in VAT".Perhaps he should have listened more closely to Mr Hosie, who said:"I support fiscal stimulus … and £12.5 billion of real money for the real economy"—Official Report, House of Commons, 17 December 2008; Vol 485, c 1148-50.The Tories were not far behind that view either, but things changed on the way to Parliament. Before the pre...