Cameron’s frustration with ‘quick fix’ critics

No columnist is closer to David Cameron than Bruce Anderson. The Spectator’s former political editor spotted Cameron’s potential back in 1992 during the general election campaign and ever since he has been an advocate of the Cameron cause. In 2003, he wrote a piece for The Spectator in which he tipped Cameron for the premiership. 
 
The two remain in close touch and Bruce has, I’m told, been a recent guest at Chequers. So, it seems reasonable to assume that Bruce’s rebuttal of Cameron’s right-wing critics is, to some extent, a reflection of the Prime Minister’s own thinking. 
 
Bruce’s main message is that neither Europe nor the economy can be fixed easily and that Cameron and Osborne deserve the patience and trust of their fellow Tories. He also argues that it is ‘Bennite’ to argue that a more Conservative electoral message would have delivered victory at the last election.