David Cameron It was a good Leader’s speech. The Conference liked it. The media liked it. There was a theme of hope and a warning of cuts. This is the point perhaps. Any speech made before the Spending Review is announced in a fortnight is doing no more than marking time. That will change the […]
Mortgage Lending The Council Of Mortgage Lenders has predicted that nearly half the mortgages granted and completed over the last four years, would not have been granted if the FSA’s new and tougher lending criteria had then been in effect. That tells you all you want to know about the origins of the financial crisis, […]
Tax Breaks The Tories are sliding around all over their banana skin and it is now dominating the conference. A combination of Fox and Cameron should help to move the media forward. Politically this is a shrewder move than the hoo ha suggests. Labour is forced into the awkward position of defending the better off, […]