Is Cameron getting over-confident?

Mike Smithson has written an excellent piece on Political Betting about Cameron's "responsibilty" speech yesterday. He quotes the Times headline: "Cameron tells fat and poor: Take responsibility" and uses the caption: "How will the poor takes lessons on their plight from an Old-Etonian?". Incidentally, it is odd that this Cameron coverage coincides with a Tim Montgomery Comment is Free article saying that the Tories are "A new party for the poor". However, it could be said that the Tories are making themselves the party to tell the poor to get off their behinds. Mike Smithson comments: A day after Gordon Brown was lecturing us about not wasting food the Times is splashing Cameron’s speech yesterday when he said that some of those “who are poor, fat or addicted to alcohol or drugs have only themselves to blame.” Just reading... [read full story]