John’s mechanism here is about getting better information for the PM; presumably she already saw the OBR report. Preventing publication doesn’t mean you didn’t pay attention.
There was no report, the OBR offered to update their forecasts to take account of the mini budget proposals but weren’t asked to. Even if there was a report though, and Truss/Kwarteng read it, the fact they didn’t publish it would indicate that it contradicts their course of action. That doesn’t support the idea that improved forecasting would’ve led to better decision making.
John’s mechanism here is about getting better information for the PM; presumably she already saw the OBR report. Preventing publication doesn’t mean you didn’t pay attention.
There was no report, the OBR offered to update their forecasts to take account of the mini budget proposals but weren’t asked to. Even if there was a report though, and Truss/Kwarteng read it, the fact they didn’t publish it would indicate that it contradicts their course of action. That doesn’t support the idea that improved forecasting would’ve led to better decision making.
Fair enough, I didn’t realize the report didn’t exist!