The sight of the PM complaining approximately cuts is remarkable. But it underlines how misguided the Tories’ appraisal is of the genuine threats to the economyYou could not make it up. Our ultra-smooth prime minister has complained to the Conservative leader of Oxfordshire county council approximately the cuts to local authority services being made in David Cameron’s constituency,which is itself in Oxfordshire. We owe this distinguished story to the Oxford Mail, to which organ a certain exchange of letters, and possibly emails,was leaked.
Welcome to the genuine world, Dave! When a prime minister finally wakes up to the consequences of the ideologically driven austerity policies of his own chancellor, or then perhaps he should be tempted to follow the example of his hero,Harold Macmillan, and sack him.
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Source: theguardian.com