Neoliberal

The authors intent was clearly and obviously to dissuade people from supporting government expenditure that has anything like an aim of improving the country. You're trying to convince me that the author, (who labels Biden as anti capitalist and Sunak as anti London) isn't attempting to convince governments to spend less. It isn't working. "See how it never works! Laugh at the naivety of trying to make things better! Worry about the government spending your money! Worry about the debt you somehow personally participate in as a result of government spending!" The article is so wholeheartedly pro small government, anti big government and anti social intervention, it's absurd of you to claim it's not arguing for reduced government spending and reduced tax intake. It isn't saying it explicitly very often, but the only point against tax cuts (and the one you keep bringing up) is that they might not be self funding. It's not arguing that tax cuts always bring in more tax, no, but it is arguing for reducing taxation by spending less on "investment".

You're trying to convince me that there's no wood by drawing my attention to several trees, and even some tufts of grass. You have missed the point of the article which is to reduce government spending, especially outside London. Cuts. Cuts hurt. They hurt the poorest most. You've never addressed that point and you're misrepresenting the purpose and the message of the article.