Tory attacks continue

Michael Portillo has continued the recent Tory attacks on welfare, though i'm not convinced that Sunny H's attack on him at Liberal Conspiracy.
The thing about all this stuff on welfare dependency is a typical, quite far right, attack on the welfare state. I must admit i'm a bit surprised that Cameron has sanctioned these attacks, as he himself is more on the left of his party and is trying to rid his party of the 'nasty' tag.
If this is to form their thinking, then we can look forward to those most vulnerable being at the sharp end