David Blackburn

If you must deceive, deceive competently

On 15th September, Gordon Brown finally uttered the word ‘cuts’, but he diluted the shock by pledging that frontline services would be protected. He told the TUC:

“But when our plans are published in the coming months, people will see that Labour will not support cuts in vital frontline services on which people depend.

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