James Forsyth James Forsyth

Cable’s cuts

Imagine for a second if Alistair Darling or George Osborne wrote a pamphlet about spending cuts which contained plans which were not yet party policy. The press would go into overdrive. Journalists would demand to know if Gordon Brown or David Cameron agreed with their numbers man.  If there was no instant answer, splits stories would lead the news.

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