John Hutton’s resignation from the Cabinet was the oddest of the recent spate of them. Hutton, who was once one of Brown’s fiercest critics, quit his dream job in government but simultaneously professed his loyalty to the Prime Minister.
But in an interview with Andrew Neil to air this weekend, Hutton is critical of Brown’s messaging and strategy if not of the man himself. He says of Brown’s Labour investement versus Tory cuts line:
“I think that’s a bit too crude a message. I think that’s going to have to be, sort of, refined. Everyone knows that the belt, the national belt, is going to have to be tightened and they want honesty from politicians and they want to know what their priorities are for public spending because we certainly can’t go on, I believe, spending at the rate that we are.
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