Michael Howard has branded Tony Blair an arrogant leader who uses "synthetic anger".

The party leader told Welsh Tories that the prime minister used the phrase "time to move on" to avoid being held to account for broken promises, wasted taxes and "the contempt you've shown for the office you hold".

Howard said: "We will restore principle to government. And we're driven by anger: genuine, justified, moral anger at the way in which the people who work hardest, play fairest and give most are let down."