Several months ago I warned that Brown, facing certain defeat and beset by his in-built Tory hatred which is possibly re-enforced by a latent anti-English phobia, would adopt a policy of slash and burn to the British economy to ensure that Cameron would inherit a waste-land. Not particularly perceptive of me since anyone with half an eye (like Brown, himself) could foresee that likely course of action. However, Peter Oborne in The Mail on Sunday compares Brown's despicable attitude to that of his predecessors who also faced certain defeat at their next elections. Callaghan and his Chancellor, Dennis Healey, went against the inclination of their party and did their patriotic duty by cutting government spending. Similarly, John Major, went against the instincts of his party and pursued a peace deal with Irish terrorists, whilst simultaneously keeping a strict control of government budgets which resulted in Gordon Brown inheriting an extremely healthy economy.
I had hoped that the un-sackable Chancellor Darling would at last emerge as a strong man in his own right but, alas, he has proved to be weak and pathetic against the machinations of Brown and his 'bully-in-chief' Ed Balls. The pre-budget report due in a few weeks will be Darling's last chance to prove to us and to history that he is a man prepared to put country before party. Don't hold your breath because I fear that he will do what he's been told and hurl money which hasn't got in every direction in order to achieve two aims - buy as many votes as possible, and ensure the economy is a train wreck when Cameron comes into office. Thus, the Tories will take all the blame for the massive and unprecedented cuts in government spending which will be inescapable next year.
I have said it before and I don't care if I sound like a Saloon Bar bore because I will keep on saying it - the Labour party must be decimated at the next election, reduced to less than a hundred seats, as punishment for their malignant behaviour over the last 12 years in general, and the last two in particular. "Do it England!"
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