Thank god they got a tax cut.

We're all in this together.

Glad to know the 94 quid a week I'm giving up is going to worthy people via the tax system

I feel better knowing we're all in this together and IDS isn't running away and will look after those of us in difficulty.

From Steph's link, this speaks volumesWhen I wake up tomorrow morning I shall still be unwell, I shall still be unemployed, and I shall still be struggling with the myriad problems that chronic ill health brings.

Tomorrow I will simply become a small piece of collateral damage in the government's drive to reform welfare spending.[/i

No doubt one of the resident mini neo-liberals will be along soon to tell us the author is not in "the real world"

You have to wonder whether he dare let Hunt resign. At the moment Hunt is taking the flak for the Tories' previous pro Murdoch stance. Cameron hob-nobbing with Rupert and James, horse riding with Rebeckah, discussing informally the bid for total ownership of BskyB, among themselves. Presumably Hunt was just reflecting the zeigeist of the regime. How was he (or the rest for that matter) to know that 6 months down the line Murdoch's chickens would come home to roost with a vengence.
Whilst in opposition and in the early days of his government, Murdoch was saying jump and Cameron & co were saying "how high?" The sooner Murdoch is eliminated from a position of power and influence on our politics the better. The last lot kow-towed to him and for all we know took us into Iraq on his say so.
"I've never asked for favours from any government" he didn't need to ask!!

It's like being transported back to the early 1990's at the moment. A floundering Government but without a credible opposition.

In October 2010 this is what Osbourne was saying about growth in the economy. Only 4 months after his first budget the economy was still being affected by the previous government's policies. But Ossy takes the credit of course. liberalconspiracy.org/2010/10/27 ... f-4-times/

In October 2010 this is what Osbourne was saying about growth in the economy. Only 4 months after his first budget the economy was still being affected by the previous government's policies. But Ossy takes the credit of course. liberalconspiracy.org/2010/10/27 ... f-4-times/

rlIt's all Europe's faultrl

After watching Cameron's performance on the Andrew Marr show yesterday, I had to rewind and replay the bit where he blamed Europe for our return to recession. The man's a diplomatic nightmare. We rely on Europe for over 40% of our exports, what did he seriously hope to achieve by blaming them for not buying enough from us?

I do hope his party don't kick him out, the way he's going they'll be unelectable for decades to come.

You want the interviewer to say at the end 'Thanks for that chancelor but in future if you are only going to say the same things over and over again then we will just take a soundbyte from you and keep replaying it'.

rlAn insightful view on just what led us and how far up [is[/ihit creek we really arerl

"The lost origins of industrial growth" by Chris Benjamin, a former Undersectretary at the DTI

Oh-ho ... it's as if they were starting to align themselves for the next leadership contest.
Maybe a little early for that though.

That's how it strikes me too.
Cameron probably already knows the detail, he's just handing it onto the Leveson enquiry to see if he can get away with it.
He probably can't sack Hunt right now because Hunt knows where the bodies are buried.

It has been said he's been trying to hang on until after Thursday's elections. Not looking a good idea though now.

For anyone who buys The Times / subscribes online - take a look at the cartoon of Cameron "Cleaning up the Mess". Very good! (Frank Spenceresque).

Cameron certainly seemed to be struggling to answer the special question this afternoon, even with all his cronies obviously clearing their diaries to sit next to him - strangely no LibDem cabinet ministers were there though.

If Cameron hasn't learned by now that he'll never better Dennis Skinner in a war of words, then he really is incompetent