David Cameron in the Sunday Telegraph: "We said that the already worrying state of public finances under Labour made it irresponsible for the Conservative Party to go into the next election promising up-front, unfunded tax cuts. Many, especially on the Right, disagreed. But George Osborne and I were determined to stand by our belief in fiscal responsibility; and I believe that events, in particular the appalling deterioration of the public finances, have endorsed the wisdom of that judgment."
Why does our leader think it useful to claim victory over the Right? Is Steve Hilton still seeking a Clause IV factional battle? More to the point it was the Right that was right on the big economic debates, not the party leadership.
This conservativehome blog did not launch a campaign for tax cuts one year ago but for lower public spending. Dave ignored the advice and continued to offer up-front, unfunded increases in state spending (for that is what they were).
It was not the Right that said that economics was yesterday's news. From his desk at Rothschilds Oliver Letwin told us that we all had to be sociocentric not econocentric. It was David Cameron who danced with the butterflies and bunnies in his talk of General Well-Being being more important than G.D.P..
We Right-wingers are happy to forgive your errors Dave but stop the "pointless" attacks on us. We were not the "delusional" ones.
