"Can we pretend the last two years didn't happen?"

From The Daily Mail:

David Cameron will today say the economy is suffering "perilous times" as he and Nick Clegg vow there can be no U-turn on running massive deficits.

The Prime Minister and his Liberal Democrat deputy will tell voters the "unvarnished truth" that the country’s finances are in a far worse state than at the time of the 2010 General Election campaign, and that they didn't even realise how bad things were then, having been too lazy to do any research on the topic – and promise to do "whatever it takes" to get voters to forget about the last two years and put all the blame onto the previous Labour government.

In their first joint appearance for nearly a year and marking the second anniversary of the Coalition, Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg will be hoping to placate critics by evoking memories of their vaguely embarrassing appearance together in the Number Ten rose garden after the election in 2010.

Today’s question-and-answer session at a recently closed factory in Essex is already being dubbed "the love-in" by Downing Street. In an echo of Nevile Chamberlain's "Peace in our time" speech, the Prime Minister will vow that the Government’s lax control over spending will encourage "prosperity in our time"...

After a month of complete voter indifference, Mr Cameron will today remind voters that the Coalition was - rather ironically as it turns out - formed to save the economy, saying: "That was and remains our guiding task, and the fact that we are still going through perilous times is a testament to our complete lack of competence or integrity. And we're getting in Stevie Wonder to curate the National Gallery."