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David Lammy challenges the Conservatives over the ecomomy

Writing in The Guardian today David Lammy MP lays down a challenge to Cameron’s Conservatives:

“The Tories’ economic policy, or lack thereof, is not their only problem. Cameron’s core proposition is that society is broken but that government – any government – cannot fix it. As with economic policy this leads to discursive speeches which take turns in criticising the government, the poor, the overweight, or the manufacturers of chocolate oranges – but which rarely arrive at anything resembling either a policy or a coherent argument. The Cameron strategy so far has been to talk about society because his party has nothing to say about the market or the state. This fundamental flaw in the Cameron project would always have become clearer with the greater scrutiny that comes with poll leads. The crisis in the financial markets has brought this process forward: now we will see if the policies are there to match the presentation.”
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