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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tom Clark and Allegra Stratton

Politics Weekly podcast: conference round-up

Simon Hoggart kicks off the show, sketching the Conservative conference, which he found curiously downbeat.

David Cameron's speech didn't impress Jenni Russell, who says she finds it extraordinary that it didn't mention markets.

John Harris asked conference-goers what they think a new Tory government would mean and Georgina Henry says she feels that delegates genuinely believed that the Conservatives had cracked it and liked what they heard about personal responsibility.

Jenni says she feared that Cameron might have the micro policies mapped out, but not the macro policies, and that jobs and state support will be destroyed.

Finally Georgina suggests that the appointment of General Sir Richard Dannatt to a political role with the Tories was made far too close to his departure from the army, especially as he is already a political figure.

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