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How to start saving Britain in ten minutes

David Cameron does not need a majority to start radical reform. He needs to send a few emails. Here are some suggestions

issue 13 March 2010

The work begins
Subject: No time to lose
Date: Friday, 7 May 2010 14:28
From: David Cameron
To: Sir Gus O’Donnell, Cabinet Secretary



Dear Gus,

The Queen has just invited me to form a government. I’m sending this on by BlackBerry in the car, because there is a degree of urgency. Our country has been badly broken by 13 years of bad government.

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