Cameron and Maude. Kebabed by ED. Sadly, ED stands for Evan Davies — on this morning’s Today programme. But at least two other Eds should take note. They could do the same. David Cameron and Francis Maude were exposed as talking cobblers about public sector pensions. On Tuesday at the Local Government Association conference, David Cameron warned that the pension system was in danger of “going broke” even though he admitted they weren’t necessarily generous. This morning, Francis Maude claimed that it was unaffordable, and John Hutton had said so, a claim that ED said had been so often repeated. And, in a great interview, ED demonstrated that Hutton had said nothing of the sort and that the scheme was affordable because the cost was going down. Continue reading →