James Forsyth James Forsyth

Osborne is becoming the true Tory leader

While Cameron rests on his laurels, the Chancellor has been hard at work developing new ideas and strategies. James Forsyth says that his new vision for Britain can be seen in the Budget

issue 26 June 2010

There’s one subject that you don’t raise with David Cameron’s circle if you want the conversation to last: the election result. They don’t like to be reminded that they failed to win a majority. The Cameroons have been persuading themselves that coalition government is the best possible result. No. 10 has been dubbed ‘the love nest’ by the rest of Whitehall.

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