Sunday, Jun 06, 2010
Tough Cameron for Times readers ... gentle Clegg for Observer readers
Guardian: Nick Clegg vows no return to savage cuts of the Thatcher years
Nick Clegg has staked his political reputation on a pledge that under the coalition government there will be no return to the savage cuts of the 1980s. In an interview with the Observer, he launched a withering attack on the economic policies of Margaret Thatcher and promised instead to look to the examples of Sweden, Canada and the US to deliver "progressive" cuts.
Posted by wanderinman @ 01:13 AM (1122 views) Add Comment
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1. wanderinman said...
With this and the previous post, there is clearly some coordinated plan of expectation management from the government, with the message being spun different ways for different readerships.
Clegg's interview here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jun/06/nick-clegg-interview-coalition-cuts
2. dill said...
The country needs a true Statesman at the helm. We don't have one, from any direction. So......
3. Mikelivingstone said...
This Government is like the Roman God Janus. It has two faces.
4. peter said...
Thatcher's 'cuts' were made in a far better fiscal environment.
To do any good, these new cuts will need to go much further.
But it doesn't look as though this regime has got the guts to do the job.