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Conservative Spring Forum: George Osborne speech; WALES: Cardiff: INT George Osborne MP (Chancellor of the Exchequer) along to podium as audience stands and applauds SOT / George Osborne MP (Chancellor of the Exchequer) speech SOT - Ladies and Gentlemen, we begin our Spring Conference here in Wales celebrating all we have achieved since we last met a year ago - and conscious of the heavy responsibilities we shoulder in the year ahead. Twelve months ago, we were in opposition - agitating for change, anxious for the fate of our country, angry at the damage a disastrous Labour government was doing to our economy. Twelve months later, we are in government - delivering change, improving our country, and pulling our nation back from the precipice of the economic calamity on which we found it teetering. Twelve months ago, we were governed by a Labour Prime Minister whose manifest unsuitability to lead our country was apparent not only to the whole of the country but, we know now, to the whole of his Cabinet too. Twelve months later, we have in David Cameron a Conservative Prime Minister whose strength and conviction and compassion is clear for all to see. Twelve months ago we had just three Welsh Conservative MPs. Twelve months later we have almost three times that number, from Cardiff to Carmarthen West, from Montgomeryshire to Aberconwy and the Vale of Glamorgan. What a great result you had here in the Principality. What a testament to you, Cheryl, and Nick and everyone here who worked so hard. Thanks to you all, the voice of Welsh Conservatives is today heard loud and clear in the Palace of Westminster. Now, with the referendum on the Assembly powers delivered within our first year in office - exactly as we promised - and with the result an emphatic 'yes', we can look at the financing arrangements and the Holtham floor. But first, let us all make sure the voice of Welsh Conservatives is also heard loud and clear in Cardiff Bay after May 5th. Let's take the fight t...