Show people you care, George, or we'll lose the election: Tory peer blasts Osborne's 'lack of concern' for ordinary voters in recession Lord Ashcroft has criticised Osborne's indifference to ordinary voters He said that Many Tory MPs are unhappy about their economic policy Also believes there will be trouble ahead if this week's budget doesn't go down well George Osborne's apparent lack of concern for ordinary people struggling in the recession threatens to hand victory to Ed Miliband at the next Election, Tory peer Michael Ashcroft claims. Lord Ashcroft, former deputy Conservative chairman, says many Tory MPs have doubts about the Government's economic policy. And he says Mr Osborne "seems indifferent to the things that keep people awake at night" and he and David Cameron will face "trouble at the mill" from their own MPs and voters if this week's Budget is a flop. Lord Ashcroft says Osborne is disconnected with real people and that the Tories will have trouble if this week's budget is a flop His comments in an article for today's Mail on Sunday come as the Prime Minister invoked Churchill by saying the Tories faced a "battle for Britain's future." Reminding activists that there were fewer than 1,000 days until the next Election, he told the party's spring conference: "We are here to fight. We are here to win. His Churchillian remarks come just days after Lord Ashcroft damningly likened the Conservatives" position in the polls to the British Army's evacuation from Dunkirk. Lord Michael Ashcroft, who was former deputy Conservative chairman, believes Osborne needs to understand what worries people more Mr Cameron also told delegates he wanted to say it "loud and proud" that he and wife Samantha were "pushy parents," adding: "I want the education system in this country to be like the pushiest, most sharp-elbowed, ambitious parent there is. Because for years we had the opposite. We had a Left-wing establishment that had bargain-basement expectations of millions of children. In today's article, Lord Ashcroft says Mr Osborne must use Wednesday's Budget to "create jobs and wealth," spell out "changes to education, welfare and immigration" and scrap the decision to exclude Britain's overseas aid budget from cuts. "Such a message from Cameron and Osborne would boost confidence among their own MPs, many of whom have misgivings about the current strategy," he writes. People do not envy the Chancellor his job - but they do expect him to understand their worries and do everything he can to help. It would be a tragedy if a Conservative Chancellor missed out on the credit for restoring public finances because he seemed indifferent to the things that keep people awake at night. Unless he starts to change minds there'll be trouble at the mill - and the electoral consequences are plain.