Election letter: The Coalition’s wins can’t be denied but neither can their failings

It would be extremely churlish and indeed foolish in the extreme to deny the coalition government credit for bringing about some economic recovery, however lopsided.

Unemployment has been reduced to nine per cent and 136,000 jobs have been created.

Many still argue that influences outside the government’s control were major contributory factors to the recovery, such as the weak euro, low interest rates, and the strength of our main trading partners, the USA and the UK.