Conservative Setbacks

The Sunday Times is not the first place one would expect to find Anti-Conservative stories, esp these days, but it was interesting to find both Cameron and Osborne facing setbacks in their respective roles in planning that nightmare of a possible Conservative government.

With Osborne, it seems that the predicted clash with that respected of adversaries, Kenneth Clarke, has been kicking off quietly in the background.

It seems that Clarke has been warning the Tories' against making "calamitous cuts" and that he would have to delay any emergency budget. Either Osborne is being disingenuous, or cannot do his sums properly!

Where Cameron is concerned, it seems like he has had to drop the idea of Sir Richard Dannatt having a role at the MoD at the next election. Apparently some senior figures in the Armed Forces are not too happy at the way the Conservatives have been playing politics in their backyard. I appreciate that Cameron's Conservatives are a "Policy by Gimmick" Party but this is ridiculous.