Unexpected T4L support has emerged in the form of Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and his financial guru Vince Cable. At the party's Spring Conference, the two leaders declared war on the Tory plan for economical recuperation. Clegg warned David Cameron and his would-be Chancellor George Osborne that it would be unwise to cut too deep into public spending early on in the next parliament.
Cable hit out at the Tories for not producing any hard evidence of a credible tax plan by accusing them of engaging in a "phoney war over cuts". With an apparent talent for understated sound bites, he went on to say: "I'd love to attempt a critique of the Tories' budget plans, but I have no idea what they are. I think the present line on the budget is: 'Trust us and we'll tell you after the election'," Cable told cheering delegates. Also Clegg buried the axe deep into Cameron by calling his financial policies "economic masochism".
There is no doubt that Cameron and his economic advisers need to take a good look at how they propose to get this country out of the current down turn. Cutting your way down through the public sector will only leave you with a bare minimum of the basic services a society - our society! - needs to function. Cameron claims to value 'society' over 'state' - so why is his proposals equally hurtful to both, T4L asks....
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