Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 4,010
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Courtesy...Sunday Observer.......precis...
Prime Minister and Chancellor relationship is like the San Andreas fault line of British Governments.When the two plates
grind together,first tremors that make Whitehall tremble,earthquakes,Governments crash.
They start out good friends, become bitter enemies...........there are many precedents...........
Osborne wants to succeed Cameron and has been building his base....Austerity programme bound them
together,....right leaning press agree with deficit cuts.....,Lib/Dem taking all the hits....,Poll ratings still in
tact,.................then the Budget backlash...,unforced errors,.....blunders weakening trust and competence,..right wing
press more angry than the left wing press,..................Polls plunge....senior tories asking is Cameron a one term
PM,.....Cameron`s ratings dive deep in the red,Osborne battered in the press and media,....budget widely unpopular
with general public,...Osbornes mistakes when regarded as the premier strategest,.....adversity fractures
PM/Chancellor relationships,.....blame game emerges,......conflict of what each are responsible for,.....mood is more
somber when both are questioned,.....Cameron`s brand is damaged,.....Boris Johnson london election importance if he
loses or wins,....PM`s people and Chancellor people openly critical of others failings,......Treasury mutterings Cameron
is not running a tight ship,....No 10 says budget to blame,...consequences harmfull to Government,....Osborne and
Lib/Dems together on marrage tax..Cameron not,...Cameron against top rate tax cut...Osborne is,....Cameron regrets
giving in to Osborne as he is aware public regard his government of the rich is for the rich,.....budget continues to
unravel problems,...public opposition to treatment of charities,cancer patients,fine arts......effects on Cameron`s Big
Society in tatters,.....Cameron had a big relaunch for Big Society in May..Ministers,Cabinet Ministers now lobbying
Cameron to overule the Chancellor,....
The relationship is not toxic yet but the worm of distrust is wriggling in the guts of the two in the most important
relationship in Government.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
#2
Although both are right wing tories osbourne has damsaged himself and his reputation in the last budget.
whilst cameron still tries to think he's fluffy and everyone loves him(in fact it's the opposite.
Cameron is seen as a very weak leader, at the first signs of revolt he orders a u turn
all of course except the NHS reforms, which will probably damage cameron
lib dems trying to save there skins but all to late damage has been done but cleggy doesn't even have support of his own membership.
doesn't look bright for the future
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