Cameron's certainty contrasts with Miliband's equivocation

An opportunity to compare-and-contrast David Cameron and Ed Miliband outside the sweaty heat of PMQs, with both party leaders delivering speeches to the CBI this morning. Given the audience, both majored on business, enterprise, and all that – and it meant there was plenty of overlap on areas such as green technology and broadband. There were some differences, though, that are worth noting down.

Cameron was first up, setting out a three-step plan for boosting British business. Broadly speaking, it revolved around what the government is trying to achieve in the Spending Review – and so the PM boasted that, “last week, we took Britain out of the danger zone.” He added, “The sharp tax rises and huge interest rates you feared, the uncertainty you felt – these are things you no longer need to worry about.” And, from there, he set out one or two specific policies have been penned into the coalition’s prospectus, such as lower corporation tax and £200 million for new Technology and Innovation Centres.