A very lively Prime Minister’s Questions, with Gordon Brown on the ropes over his Damascene conversion to the AV voting system, as David Cameron put it, thirteen years into this Government and ninety days out from a general election.
Cameron and other Members also tackled the Prime Minister on the evidence given by the former Chief of the Defence Staff, Lord Walker, to the Chilcot inquiry that service chiefs had threatened to resign en masse because of cuts in defence spending.
“They’re all Tories,” yelled Chris Ruane (Labour, Vale of Clwyd) helpfully.
PMQs seems to be more about lifting the mood of the party. It does not seem to do much for the polls. I hope there are some serious policies in hiding waiting to emerge. I also have to say that in Mr Osbourne you have a liability. Look at a list of Tory Chancellors and where would he come, he seems a stranger to economic theory…..I have voted Tory since 1979 but frankly this time around I will be voting against Labour, there is nothing in the Tory party to vote for.
I share Charles’ view about Mr Osbourne and his apparent lack of economic experience. Notwithstanding, any future Chancellor faces a mammoth task and will need to be firm in his handling of spending matters . . . I’d rather see the future of our finances in the hands of a Conservative government rather than the current lot who have managed to bankrupt us yet again!
When it comes to fiscal matters I must admit my ignorance. However, I read John Redwood’s blog as a matter of course and to me, he appears to have an exellent grasp of financial matters. That he is not in the Shadow Cabinet is a shame as he appears to posses an extremely sharp intellect and a logical approach. We need him where he can do most good and I would suggest that Shadow Chancellor is that position.
I would like to see John Redwood in the shadow cabinet along with Frank Field and Vince Cable. Never mind the party politics, let’s have some common sense.