Paul Waugh flags up the Blairite Tory health spokesperson Andrew Lansley's comment on the nauseatingly mundane 'blue blog' that "recession can be good for us."
On inspection he meant that we'll eat and drink less rubbish, unlike Andrew Mitchell last month who simply said recession was "an incredibly good moment for us" (the Tory party, politically!).
I suppose he's forgotten some people will actually have worse diets as actually have to budget for their food bills, and even those with a little more to spare will cut back on healthier luxuries, free range, organics, etc.
Another Tory drops the "feel your pain" ball.
UPDATE: He's been made to apologise by Cameron according to Benedict Brogan.
So another Lansley slip up is reined in. The other was when he said he'd spend more than Labour on the NHS when he becomes Health Secretary. Doh! Wrong on both counts there then.
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