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On Thursday I commented on the spat between Gordon Brown and David Cameron over government spending plans for the next few years.
Brown had announced that government spending would increase each year up to the Olympics and Cameron, waving the official government budget, pointed out that in fact government spending was set to be reduced over that period. He asked Brown if he would like to amend what he had previously told Parliament, and Brown foolishly continued to insist that spending would increase. The best he could do was to lamely accuse the Conservatives of planning spending cuts themselves.
Perhaps that little spat would have died the death and been forgotten were it not for an honest admission from Hilary Benn, a much respected minister, during BBC4’s Any Questions programme last night. In this he admitted that cuts in public spending will be unavoidable after the next general election. Mr Benn said the government faced ‘real choices’ ahead and ‘when times are tough you need to tighten your belt’. He got that right.
Isn’t this a case about the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing?
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On Thursday I commented on the spat between Gordon Brown and David Cameron over government spending plans for the next few years.
Brown had announced that government spending would increase each year up to the Olympics and Cameron, waving the official government budget, pointed out that in fact government spending was set to be reduced over that period. He asked Brown if he would like to amend what he had previously told Parliament, and Brown foolishly continued to insist that spending would increase. The best he could do was to lamely accuse the Conservatives of planning spending cuts themselves.
Perhaps that little spat would have died the death and been forgotten were it not for an honest admission from Hilary Benn, a much respected minister, during BBC4’s Any Questions programme last night. In this he admitted that cuts in public spending will be unavoidable after the next general election. Mr Benn said the government faced ‘real choices’ ahead and ‘when times are tough you need to tighten your belt’. He got that right.
Isn’t this a case about the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing?
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