More Labour glum faces today, and much for them to be glum about.
Cameron opened on a good theme: Brown’s plans to confiscate budget surpluses accrued by prudent schools. Cameron used this as an allegory for Brown’s statism, versus Tory localism. “Why does he think he knows how to use the money better than the teachers?” Brown replied (rather lamely) that “he’s not listening to what I’m saying” and proceeded to say nothing.
Okay, that’s not quite true. He said the Tories have a £6bn black hole in their plans, and would cut education budgets by this amount. This is a lie, rather than an exaggeration. If Brown repeated it in a court of law,he wouldn’t get away with it.
The Tories would outspend the current government as they’re committed to matching Labour’s planned spending increases.
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