Carry on cutting – and carry on making the case for cuts. That’s the message that
David Cameron drilled into his ministers during a political session of Cabinet this afternoon. Paul Waugh has a typically precise
account of what was said, and the Press Association has a decent round-up, but the key
observation is just how forceful Cameron was in making his point. The government, he said, should take on the “vested interests” arguing against cuts – and the Budget was the right
action taken at the right time. The PM, you sense, is limbering up for a fight.
As Ben Brogan suggests over at the Telegraph, Cameron is right to hold the line. This is not a time for wavering at the chopping block, even if the public have their qualms about the bloodshed to come.
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