Austerity, not Brexit, has doomed the Tory party | Aditya Chakrabortty

Our economy is sick – and with next week’s budget, May and Hammond look sure to make it sickerThe obituary for this government was published within days of its birth. Theresa May was a “dead woman walking”, proclaimed former cabinet colleague George Osborne. Thus was a sniggering bully transformed into an acerbic prophet. Who now dares argue with that verdict? Two senior ministers out within a week, two more barely clinging on to their jobs, and an administration that mak