Diary of a Notting Hill nobody – 15 March 2008

Monday

Is anyone paying attention out there? Where on earth did people get the idea that we would be offering tax cuts during our first term of office? We have been quite explicit that while we would like to see tax cuts — and indeed we’ve provided an exhaustive list of the tax cuts we would, in theory, like to offer — this will, in fact, not be at all possible. We really can’t be clearer than that. So let’s have less of this silly outrage every time nice Mr Hammond restates the policy.

I don’t like to make threats. But does Dave have to promise to raise taxes before you all back off? Please, do not tempt him. He’s quite capable of revising our spending pledges and performing a series of radical U-turns on economic policy if you make him cross enough, you know. Oh yes.

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Tuesday

Big planning meeting for Spring conference this weekend in Gateshead.