David Cameron, toxic Tory
By Bagehot
IN MY print column this week I report on the intense pressure David Cameron is under from close allies, Conservative MPs and right-of-centre think tanks to go all-out for growth, and hang the consequences for public opinion. Helpful and not so helpful suggestions are pouring in from all sides, with a strong bias towards supply-side moves including tax cuts, the abandonment of targets to limit carbon emissions and radical surgery to employment law and other forms of regulation. If that leads to jibes that the Tories are a party for the rich and big business, or outrage at the idea of taking workers’ rights away, so be it, one insider told me. The only thing that matters is saving the economy: without that, the next election in 2015 is lost.
