The media have predictably picked up on his comments that
those “who are poor, fat or addicted to alcohol or drugs have only themselves to blame.”
This is what he actually said
We talk about people being "at risk of obesity" instead of talking about people who eat too much and take too little exercise. We talk about people being at risk of poverty, or social exclusion: it's as if these things - obesity, alcohol abuse, drug addiction - are purely external events like a plague or bad weather.
"Of course, circumstances - where you are born, your neighbourhood, your school, and the choices your parents make - have a huge impact. But social problems are often the consequence of the choices that people make
And really this is the clear blue water between the two parties.The Conservatives will say that we are all capable of social movement,Labour says that it is not the case and sometimes circumstances overwhelm that premise.
Mike Smithson wonders whether
In the hard world of politics there are enough things in the speech for his opponents to latch onto which when separated from the overall theme might not look so defensible.
I just wonder whether the appalling spate of bad news and poor ratings for Brown and Labour has made the Tory leader a bit too confident. Dangerous.
The Mirror maybe has got it right in its editorial
David Cameron's carefully polished mask has slipped.
It is difficult to think of comments which could cause more offence. Or which so clearly demonstrate how out of touch the well-heeled Mr Cameron has become.
In one step he has gone from hug-a-hoodie to kick-a-granny.
By attacking the poor, he attacks the millions of pensioners struggling to get by in the face of rising fuel and food bills.
By turning on the unemployed - or the idle, as Mr Cameron prefers to call them - he ignores the fate of those laid off by fat-cat bosses through no fault of their own.
The man who dared to boast he was the heir to Blair is now exposed as the son of Thatcher.
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