Financing Those Pesky Public Services: The Views of an Ex-Chancellor

So then Mr Clarke, what do you make of all this tax cuts business? Do you think if you offer tax cuts it will hit public spending?

"We are not a tax and spend party, and I do think the present levels of public expenditure are wholly excessive."
Ken Clarke, MP and ex-chancellor *

And to think this man wanted to be Tory leader a while back. He actually isn't that dis-similar from Cameron. Clarke once said: "My sense of social justice is quite strongly developed; I remain committed to the NHS and the state education system."

Obviously, just as long as it doesn't cost too much.

* Interviewed by Peter Allen on Radio 5's Drive, 19th October 2006