The Spectator

No exceptions

The Spectator on the challenges awaiting David Cameron

issue 01 August 2009

‘You’re going to feel some pressure,’ say dentists as they prepare to inflict pain. The more honest they are, the more tolerable the experience tends to be. So it is with political actions that have foresee-able adverse consequences: as much as voters dislike those consequences, they dislike being lied to even more.

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