Darling says Labour will cut deeper than Maggie

Anyone tempted to believe Labour's simplistic propaganda about how they will spend lots more money on everything while the Conservatives will cut everything might be wise to take a good hard look at the front page of today's Guardian.

The main article begins

"Alistair Darling admitted tonight that Labour's planned cuts in public spending will be "deeper and tougher" than Margaret Thatcher's in the 1980s, as the country's leading experts on tax and spending warned that Britain faces "two parliaments of pain" to repair the black hole in the state's finances"

and goes downhill from there.

Gordon Brown's attempt to set out the choice at the coming election as being between "Labour investment versus Tory cuts" was rubbish from the word go and is now comprehensively exploded. Whoever wins the next election will have to take painful decisions.

You can read the full Guardian article here.

Comments

Jane said…
This reveals the split between Chancellor Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown. Darling cut his borrowing forecast, resisting Brown's pressure to use the proceeds from higher tax revenue, this year to finance one last pre-election splurge. However Darling's slightly more sensible budget is not good enough. Too little too late.

At least Darling has removed the velvet glove and revealed the iron fist of necessary cuts. Now we just need a sensible Government which will cut waste and find the means of reducing the painful consequences of these cuts. Such a Government will not be lead by Gordon Brown!

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