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Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

The hon. Lady should write to The Times and ask Anatole Kaletsky that. To give credit where credit is due, someone did listen to the Budget: the leader of the Liberal Democrats clearly listened, and to his credit, he picked up straight away on the 10p issue. Perhaps the old Etonians were not listening; perhaps they were too busy writing their next joke about Stalin and trying to take the mickey out of the Chancellor, but it is clear that when the country comes to make a choice, people will stand up and say, ““We will support a strong leader who is not frightened of the civil service, and who is fair.”” They will not entrust the economy of the nation to Lord Snooty and the Bash Street Kids.