Economic policy
Fox calls for Brown to be recalled by Chilcot
The Shadow Defence Secretary has written to Sir John Chilcot calling for him to recall Gordon Brown. His comments come after two former Chiefs of the Defence Staff and a former Chief of the General Staff called into question Brown’s evidence to the inquiry.
In his letter Liam Fox says following their comments at the weekend, “there is a strong case for you to recall Gordon Brown for further testimony in front of your inquiry after the upcoming General Election.”
Speaking to The Times on Saturday Admiral Lord Boyce, the Chief of the Defence Staff up to the start of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, said about Brown:
The 24 March will be Budget Day
Richard Willis, Conservative Councillor on Reading Borough Council, has the exclusive:
A very good source has told me that it is now known by some at Westminster that Alastair Darling’s Budget will be presented to Parliament on 24 March.
If this is the case we now know what the timetable leading into the General Election will be.
Since there has to be one week of debate following the Budget, the earliest Gordon Brown could go to the Palace would be 1 April. Though this is the earliest opportunity the PM would have, I don’t think this is when the election will be called as Brown will want to avoid the obvious connotation associated with doing on April Fools Day.
George Osborne Spring Conference speech in full
We come together with less than 70 days to go before the most important election we have known for a generation.
Less than 70 days before we decide our country’s future for the next generation.
And today I am going to talk to you quite plainly and soberly about the choice we face at this election.
For it is a choice.
