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The five must-read blogs from today, including Cameron and Osborne's "condescension".

1. David Cameron and George Osborne guilty of 'sneering condescension'

Tory MPs accuse the prime minister and chancellor of alienating MPs with a high-handed manner, writes the Guardian's Nicholas Watt.

2. There is no commitment in either the Conservative manifesto or the Coalition Agreement to a Lords reform bill

ConservativeHome's Paul Goodman notes the manifesto commitment that wasn't.

3. Britain will contribute again to the IMF

Osborne will point to the fact that Britain is, in proportional terms, contributing no more than several other non-Euro countries, says James Forsyth at Coffee House.

4. The slow creep of complacency and the soul of English justice

The government’s plan to allow secret courts is a threat to the basic principle of justice:he right to a fair and open trial, argues Tim Otty at OurKingdom.

5. Starkey courts controversy (again) by comparing Alex Salmond to Hitler

The historian described Salmond as "a democratic Caledonian Hitler" reports Ed Jacobs at Left Foot Forward.


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