Cameron to tough it out; CONFERENCE: Tory vow to save Britain.DAVID CAMERON  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. promised to "put Britain back on her feet"
as he set out his case to be Prime Minister.
The Conservative leader said he would create "the responsible society" by rolling back the culture of government bureaucracy created in Labour's 12 years in power. And he pledged to take the "tough choices" needed to get Britain out of the recession and pay off record national debts. In his final conference speech before the election, expected in the spring, Mr Cameron acknowledged his plans to cut back state spending would be "painful". But he held out the prospect of better times ahead if voters take the tough Tory medicine. Insisting he had the character, the temperament and the judgment to be Prime Minister, he told the Manchester conference he was "ready to be tested". "If we cut big government the recovery. The longer we wait, the higher the chance we return to recession." The "only responsible thing" for politicians to do was to take "tough choices" like raising the pension age to 66, freezing public sector pay and cutting Whitehall spending, he said. "If we pull together, come together, work together - we will get through this together," he said. In a deeply personal speech, Mr Cameron mentioned the death of his disabled son Ivan earlier this year and said his politics were driven by "my DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. : family, community, country". The speech was "absolutely inspirational" said shadow minister Theresa May For the British glamour model and porn actor, see . Theresa Mary May (born in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, on October 1 1956 as Theresa Mary Brasier) is a British politician, former chairman of the Conservative Party, and Member of Parliament for Maidenhead. ". But Labour's Liam Byrne said Cameron had concealed "the judgment calls he has consistently got wrong". Dave Prentis Dave Prentis is the current General Secretary of UNISON, the United Kingdom's largest trade union. He was originally elected on 1 January 2001 and was re-elected in March 2005, with 77% of the vote. , leader of the Unison unison, in music, tones identical in pitch produced by two or more parts or voices. In popular usage a vocal composition is said to be sung in unison even though some of the voices are separated from others by the interval of an octave. union, said Mr Cameron's focus on cuts showed that "the Tories are still stuck in the Thatcher era". back, if we move society forward and if we rebuild responsibility, then we can put Britain back on her feet," Mr Cameron said. "Yes, it will be a steep climb. But the view from the summit will be worth it." Mr Cameron said Labour was putting the economy at risk by failing to reduce the pounds 175 billion state deficit. "The longer we wait for a credible plan, the bigger the bill for our children to pay," he warned. "The longer we wait, the greater the risk to |
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