Tory words versus Tory deeds

8.00.00am GMT Wed 3rd Mar 2010

David Cameron's speech to the Tory conference was slick - what else would you expect. In terms of substance it was remarkable for what it did NOT say. He's going to restore the link between pensions and earnings, carefully forgetting that it was his party that broke the link in the first place. Nothing was said about Banks & Financial Services. No surprise here either. With possibly 50 Conservative MPs from financial backgrounds, most of his inner circle from financial services & most of his front bench (including George Osborne) millionaires, anyone that believes that his party would let him bring the the banks & their kind into line is living in fantasy land. He talked about the MPs expenses scandal, patting himself on the back for allegedly being the first to require his MPs to make re-payments, again conveniently forgetting that he, together with Labour, led his Tory MPs into vote AGAINST reform of the system just weeks before the story broke. There is more for anyone that wants to look.