Cameron is making an effective attack on Darling and his non-Budget. He is rightly concentrating on the government’s consistent and substantial underestimating of budget deficits. But if the deficits are really that bad, then why do Cameron’s Tories promise to match Labour’s tax and spend for the next three years?

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