Away with the rose garden nonsense – this is Dave’s real project
Under the headline ‘Victory!’ today’s Spectator comments:
This magazine had hoped for a Conservative government. We have what is arguably the next best thing: a government led by David Cameron but supported by some political mercenaries put in positions where they inflict the least damage - and reform-minded Tories in positions where they can do most good. The strategy is fairly clear: give Lib Dems more Cabinet crowns and chauffeurs than they could have dreamed of. Tie them in for five years, and have then defend Tory policy on the air waves. And then, crucially, let them share the blame for the Irish-style spending cuts to come [...]
The Lib Dems are left with prestigious-sounding non-jobs like Scotland Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister. To adapt Boris Johnson’s metaphor, we have served up a sausage government and it is never edifying to see how sausages are made. But the meat in this sausage is most certainly Conservative. The Lib Dems are the gristle.
