The UK interim budget, known as the Spring Statement, had little cause for cheer within its pages. The star of the chancellor Rishi Sunak, in ascendency during the pandemic, has been occulted by the body of distain orbiting around him after a lack-lustre financial speech last week. It’s not just political opponents who have picked holes in his economic tapestry. It has also been hard to find a satisfied voice outside the corridors of power.