conservative party. colin talbot, america s professor conservative party. colin talbot, america s professor of conservative party. colin talbot, i america s professor of government and public administration at the university of manchester, thank you very much. i am joined by the conservative and people south devon and one of the supporters of the 45p tax u turn, mel stride. when we last spoke you said you thought the chancellor should bring forward the details of how he plans to cut the uk s death, he has done that but i am trying to understand why it was not done at the same time as the tax u turn, because it looks messy to cut the uk s debt. brute u-turn, because it looks messy to cut the uk s debt. cut the uk s debt. we should have had an obr cut the uk s debt. we should have had an obr forecast cut the uk s debt. we should have had an obr forecast at cut the uk s debt. we should have had an obr forecast at the - cut the uk s debt. we should have had an obr forecast