Today the Tories rolled out the their New leader of the Opposition Ken Clarke in one last attempt before tomorrow’s 2nd Leaders Debate to steal the political initiative.
With David Cameron’s face still the colour of Volcanic Ash from his pathetic performance last week the Tories are now pinning their hopes on the most off message member of their team of recycled advertising grandees.
Sidelining poor George Osborne to the substitutes bench on economic matters Ken Clarke is now raised to the status of an eminence grise worldly wise on all matters and in particular Hung Parliaments and the IMF.
No matter that he is so far out of line on Tory policy over Europe and cuts in Inheritance Tax his desperate scaremongering at today’s Press Conference can be his eternal redemption if only he can take the spotlight off Cameron’s mortified looks for 1 day let alone the next two weeks.
Fortunately for the country his scaremongering tactics won’t work as neither the IMF nor the International money markets fear a Hung Parliament. They saw it all before in 1974. What they fear most is a Tory Government hell bent on strangling the UK’s recovery in its infancy with huge tax giveaways to the idle rich and savage cuts in public investment in job creation and support for industry.
Ken Clarke’ reprise as the acceptable face of a caring Tory politician may give momentary impetus to his Party’s campaign but sadly it is not his face the Country will see on their television screens in tomorrow’s Leaders debate . Whose face they will see is that of a smug dusted down former economic advisor to the Chancellor when the markets last crashed on that infamous Black Wednesday.
A certain David Cameron
Sorry Ken stick to scaring Derby County supporters
The Reds are going to win the playoffs.
Donald Worsley 21st April 2010
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