
Cameron’s industrial policies must match up with his vision
There was much to welcome in David Cameron’s first major speech as Prime Minster on industrial policy. But his policies must now catch up with his vision.

There was much to welcome in David Cameron’s first major speech as Prime Minster on industrial policy. But his policies must now catch up with his vision.

David Cameron today attempted to make the case for immediate spending cuts. But his rationale is flawed, as the Financial Times’ Martin Wolf made clear this morning.

David Cameron’s Welsh secretary will only sit on one cabinet committee; by contrast, the Scottish secretary will sit on eight.

On the Today programme this morning, David Cameron defended the coalition’s £6bn cuts – but the rationale for the move has shifted since the election.

With Northern Ireland’s MPs now united against the Coalition’s cuts programme, it will take a great deal of work for Clegg and Cameron to get any support there.

When David Cameron visited Wales last week, he came armed with the message that he wanted a relationship based on respect – yet that may now have changed.

Mr Cameron has to dampen the EU fervour of the Lib Dems and dampen the rampant scepticism of the dinosaurs in his party, meaning weak pragmatism rules.

Make no mistake about it, the Conservative Party’s failure to gain any seats in Scotland was a hammer blow.

David Cameron has used his first visit to Cardiff Bay since coming to power to give way to Wales on his plans to begin cutting this year.

With David Cameron visiting Wales today – and following his visit to Scotland on Friday – we look ahead to what awaits the prime minister in Northern Ireland.