John Redwood has written a
typically thoughtful piece, questioning the government’s arch cuts rhetoric. He writes:
Ministers sound terse and defensive at present. Blaming Labour’s economic legacy is all very well but the constant refrain is submerging the coalition’s revolutionary policies. Michael Gove’s education reforms would herald an age of innovation in public service; teachers and governors would run schools, as they do in the private sector; amorphous local authorities would be frozen out.‘Ministers would be wise to tone down the rhetoric of massive cuts. They need to mobilise, energise and reform the public services. Labour made clear in their marathon moan in the Commons yesterday into the early hours of this morning that they are out to talk the economy down, highlight alleged huge cuts in jobs and services and campaign with the Unions against sensible change. The government needs to be smart and careful in its choice of words to bring about the improvements in quality and performance needed.’
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