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  Dave1 - you have to admit that you have had the most candid and honest speech by a politician for decades. He has not denied that this is only a start and he cannot possibly produce a full budget until in power and politically it would be stupid to do so. He has also refused to rule out tax rises which, yes, would be very unpopular. He needs to see just how much public expenditure can be cut before looking towards tax rises, so again he is right not to decide on these now.
  
  Dont forget other cuts that have been announced, an end (not merely Labour's delay) to ID Cards, end to the NHS database, end to the regional governments structure and to cut a swathe through quangoes. There are a lot of cuts that can be made through changing the way Government does business in a lot of respects. There is a lot of fat to be pruned.
  
  The fact is that in a practical sense he has probably gone as far as he can and is wise to go in the doom and gloom stakes and must be applauded for doing so. This was not a speech aimed at buttering up the electorate before an election, it was a honest speech by a serious man with a serious job to do.
  
  Contrast that to the Labour Conference when neither Brown or Darling even mentioned the defecit and produced uncosted pie in the sky spending plans that cannot be afforded. That is the dishonesty with which GO can be compared with.
  
  We are see a Government acting like an Opposition and an Opposition behaving like a Government. I note Nick Robinson on the BBC yesterday referring to David Cameron as the Prime Minister, he can be forgiven for doing so.

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