Andrew Rawnsley is a key reason to read The Observer. His most recent column explained rather too well I thought that Cameron and Osborne are not from the Dark Side, do not get their rocks off by slashing public spending (and thus causing thousands to be brutally sacked), and are entirely sincere in their wish to improve the British economy. It makes sense, damnit. I'd far rather be able to despise them both if some of the aforementioned were actually true, but life is too complex for such simple-minded, one-sided prejudices to long survive the sort of rigorous political analysis Andrew Rawnsley is so good at. Double damnit. My only consolation is that they can be both sincere and sincerely wrong but I do sometimes wish that I could be self-righteous, ideologically blinkered or in some way less tolerant, fair and open-minded if only for a day - just to see how it feels to be a Tory politician. (Sorry, cheap jibe, couldn't resist it.)
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