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So, I find myself reading http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7401846.stm , and I also listened to most of the interview on Radio 4 this morning. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is the right man to steer the country through difficult economic times.
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Asked if he should stay in his job he said: "There are many people who could take over but I think I can steer this economy through difficult times."
"I have done it before and I can do it again," he told the BBC.
From where I stand, the Tories very probably will win the next election. If they don't win it outright, I can't see Labour winning a majority, so I guess a hung Parliament is a possibility - or a very narrow Conservative majority somehow, perhaps.
Question: do I trust George Osborne specifically (and David Cameron more generally) to take the right economic decisions? I have to say no. I certainly didn't agree with every one of Gordon's decisions, and he may be making a complete hash of being Prime Minister, but I still struggle to think of anyone on the Tory front bench I want running the economy.
Can I go to sleep and wake up in 2013 please?
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Asked if he should stay in his job he said: "There are many people who could take over but I think I can steer this economy through difficult times."
"I have done it before and I can do it again," he told the BBC.
From where I stand, the Tories very probably will win the next election. If they don't win it outright, I can't see Labour winning a majority, so I guess a hung Parliament is a possibility - or a very narrow Conservative majority somehow, perhaps.
Question: do I trust George Osborne specifically (and David Cameron more generally) to take the right economic decisions? I have to say no. I certainly didn't agree with every one of Gordon's decisions, and he may be making a complete hash of being Prime Minister, but I still struggle to think of anyone on the Tory front bench I want running the economy.
Can I go to sleep and wake up in 2013 please?