I have been pretty hard on Cameron and Osborne during the financial crisis for three reasons: their failure to shoot down Brown’s fake narrative, the sheer size of the open goal in front of them, but most of all because of their ability. Both can do far better than this, neither suffer from the politicians’ greatest weakness – being wedded to past mistakes. Some CoffeeHousers ask why I have such faith. The reason lies in Cameron and Osborne’s accomplishments so far:
1) Radical welfare reform, with an agenda so solid that Labour has copied rather than fought it. And in Chris Grayling they have found an energetic Shadow Minister who does his own research, produces his own news stories, fights the battle day and night and can be absolutely relied upon to deliver what will be the toughest task of the Cameron government. Right agenda, right man.
2) School reform agenda, which would give low-income parents a choice of independent schools, each competing for the right to educate their child.
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