Cameron claims five more years of Labour will ruin a generation
Cameron claims five more years of Labour will ruin a generation
Saturday, 27, Mar 2010 06:07
By Lewis Bazley.
Conservative party leader David Cameron has addressed supporters to criticise the economic track record of what he dubbed a "tired, discredited, divided, disunited and useless" Labour government and renew his call for change.
Mr Cameron spoke at the Milton Keynes Academy to Tory members and supporters after prime minister Gordon Brown had unveiled Labour's five key election pledges at a speech in Nottingham.
Having dismissed as "nonsense" Mr Brown's proposal that Cabinet ministers be made to sign a public annual contract defining their responsibilities, Tory leader Mr Cameron issued a rallying call to his party.
"Five more years of Brown will bring ruin for another generation," he remarked, in an echo of his comments following this week's Budget.
"People are battered and bruised by the recession. The change that we offer is real change."
Speaking without notes Mr Cameron said: "Labour have again and again treated people of this country like fools.
"They said to us no more 'boom and bust' and yet we had the biggest boom then the biggest bust."
Reminding his supporters that they had at most "40 days and 40 nights" to state their case to the nation and added: "This wouldn't be an election it would be quite nice to win... this is an election we have to win for the good of the country."
Of the opposition, Mr Cameron reminded his supporters the Conservatives' political rivals "will throw everything at us that you could ever imagine" before concluding his speech with the words "Are you up for it?" and "Let's get out there and win it!"
Mr Cameron's come after he outlined the Tories' courting of the 'silver vote' - from Britain's over 50s and pensioners - in a webchat for Saga magazine.
He outlined the Conservative commitment to freeze council tax for two years as well as promising to protect free bus passes for pensioners and the winter fuel allowance.