Anger aroused by some of the tax measures in the Budget is symptomatic of a broader disenchantment with the government. Mr Cameron needs a more persuasive strategic narrative if he is to avoid being tripped up by the trivial.
Like Shakespearean sorrows political troubles arrive not as single spies but in full battalions. There was always going to be a moment when the mood turned against the Coalition. Yet few expected quite such a ferocious response to George Osborne’s Budget. Throw in embarrassing revelations about Tory party funding a fuel panic and the bungled attempt to deport Abu Qatada and these are grim times.
All governments hit a patch when every story becomes a bad story. That has...
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Anger aroused by some of the tax measures in the Budget is symptomatic of a broader disenchantment with the government. Mr Cameron needs a more persuasive strategic narrative if he is to avoid being tripped up by the trivial.
Like Shakespearean sorrows political troubles arrive not as single spies but in full battalions. There was always going to be a moment when the mood turned against the Coalition. Yet few expected quite such a ferocious response to George Osborne’s Budget. Throw in embarrassing revelations about Tory party funding a fuel panic and the bungled attempt to deport Abu Qatada and these are grim times.
All governments hit a patch when every story becomes a bad story. That has...
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