Beware Thatcher's grandchildren; LABOUR ON ATTACK AT CONFERENCE.JIM MURPHY warned yesterday that David Cameron's Tories were "Thatcher's grandchildren". The Scottish Secretary claimed the next crop of Conservative candidates are hardline right-wingers. He will tell the conference tomorrow they face a straight shoot-out with Tories. Murphy Mur·phy , William Parry 1892-1987. American physician. He shared a 1934 Nobel Prize for discovering that a diet of liver relieves anemia. said: "The SNP SNP Scottish National Party Noun 1. SNP - (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily are a sideshow See Windows SideShow. at the general election. "It's a choice between Labour and the Tories - and the Tory candidates in Scotland are the most hardline, right-wing in living memory. "They are Thatcher's grandchildren and Scotland should beware." Murphy will warn delegates of potential years of neglect under the Tories. He said: "We have to remind Scots about selfish, dangerous slash-and-burn policies. "Thatcherism is back with a vengeance in the Tory party. "They believe in a smaller state and a smaller government. "Of course, we have to make savings but the Tories would go beyond anything that would make sense. "It would hurt families. "We have a Prime Minister with a Scottish sense of decency versus shallow salesmanship. "Behind that smile is a Tory determined to make dangerous cuts in public services." But he admitted: "We have a real fight on our hands." CAPTION(S): Warning: Jim Murphy |
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