Flicking through this morning’s papers, it’s even clearer how much of a flop the Pre-Budget Report was. Sure, it has some cheerleaders (cf. Polly Toynbee, Will Hutton and Steve Richards). But the best thing that most of the papers can bring themselves to say about it is that it’s a “gamble” – whilst a few brand it the “The Death of New Labour”. Gushing praise, this is not.
The tone of the newspaper coverage reflects how big an opportunity this is for the Tories. Osborne performed superbly yesterday, and the public will now be more receptive to what he has to say. Good thing, then, that’s he’s continued the attack this morning – telling the Today programme that the “recapitalisation plan is not saving the economy”, and demanding a full parliamentary debate on the PBR. One senses that the Cameroons are finally ready to tear down Brown’s economic charade, rather than being in thrall to it.
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