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"The Treasury Mandarins, I am told, are weeping into their (Earl Grey) tea. Whatever happened to the age of austerity?" Philip Stevens, of HREF="http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2010/04/why-they-are-weeping-in-the-treasury/" ID="9999" STYLE="LINK_Inline">the Financial Times, says that when David Cameron made austerity his priority at the Tory conference last autumn "the applause in the Treasury was deafening - at least when Alistair Darling was safely out of earshot". But he claims that now, with all the talk of "efficiencies" not cuts - and even tax giveaways - well, "no wonder the mandarins wince". Election Campaign Show
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The speech featured a lot of personal references, but in an election campaign, even the personal is political, says the BBC's Iain Watson. Gordon Brown said, "I'm not slick, but I don't want to be" - a clear sideswipe at David Cameron. He also "plead guilty to a number of offences" - being impatient, too serious - but really he wants voters to think these things are actually strengths, not weaknesses.
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