So, at the end of a hyperactive week in politics, we’ve got a pair of interviews with Brown and Cameron. The PM chats with the News of the World, while Cameron appeared on the Marr sofa earlier.
One general similarity between the two interviews stands out: neither is particularly confrontational. Rather than chiding Labour after Alistair Darling’s admission yesterday, Cameron adopted a more conciliatory tone, saying things like: “If [the government] … set out reductions that we think make sense we won’t play politics with it, we’ll say yes.” And, for his part, Brown only nods towards the “big choice” to be made at this year’s election, and doesn’t mention the Tories once. Quite rare that, for Gordon.
After his New Year message, all this is to be expected from Cameron. The Tory leadership are keen to present themselves as statesmen above the fray of political tittle-tattle.
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