Blog: Cameron could have 'revolutionised' policy

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The second most powerful man in the country misidentified his real enemy this week with his latest tirade.

Instead of wasting his breath on foreign policy, John Prescott could have looked closer to home for a chink opening up in the latest from Tory Party HQ. For David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, looks to have opened up a second major front in the war on Labour by following up an earlier speech criticising the government’s response to the recent alleged terrorist plot to blow up aeroplanes with a major policy speech on plans to broaden access to home ownership. Perhaps looking to re-capture the hearts and minds of those tempted by Thatcher’s homeowning revolution – he too used...

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