Tuesday, September 05, 2006

 

"Tax Cuts Dismissed"

The Times reports:

Oliver Letwin, the Conservative policy chief, dismissed calls from those within his own party for an emphasis on cuts in taxes cuts by declaring: “We need an unambiguous commitment to growth in public services.” The report, which was chaired by former chief schools inspector Baroness Perry and former health secretary Stephen Dorrell, called the party to reject the principle of “public bad, private good”, and to have a new partnership with the professions.

I avoid comment, in the hope that my fellow party members still have some distant recollection of why they are conservatives

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