MAIL ONLINE: David Cameron has declared he would serve only five years as Prime Minister if that is the price of pushing through bold and lasting economic and social reforms.
The Prime Minister, speaking at his first international summit, said he was determined not to emulate Tony Blair's 'ten wasted years'.
'I would rather have five reforming years as Prime Minister than ten wasted years like Blair,' he said.
Mr Cameron claimed that Labour's attacks on the coalition are pushing the Tories and the Lib Dems 'closer together'.
He believes Labour is making a massive mistake in using the Lib Dems as a 'lightning rod' for its attacks on spending cuts imposed in last week's emergency Budget.
Mr Cameron, who is in Canada for the G8 and G20 summits this weekend, claimed that Labour was simply helping to achieve a 'realignment of British politics' with itself on 'the losing side'.
The two parties are working so closely together, according to Downing Street sources, that there is even a possibility of Mr Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg making appearances at each other's annual conferences in September. Continue reading and comment >>> James Chapman | Saturday, June 26, 2010
