Eclipsing the broadsheets, the Sun gives one of the better summaries of Cameron’s vision. Reading around the papers this morning is instructive: so many people paid to find fault. One journalist laments the Tories’ apparent spending pledges, but conveniently forgets all that has been said about the cupboard being bare […]
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An overwhelming sense of hope and optimism
David Cameron’s approach, just laid out in his speech, is an inspiring vision to reverse the damage Labour has done and clear away the muck of British politics. It was the perfect cap to a consistently hopeful, if sober, week. The painful bureaucracy, gone. The mistrust, gone. MP’s pensions and […]
Read MoreDavid Cameron: Fixing our Broken Society
A great speech focussing on responsibility and morality: I think the time has come for me to speak out about something that has been troubling me for a long time. I have not found the words to say it sensitively. And then I realised, that is the whole point. read […]
Read MoreDavid Cameron: Food security must be a priority
I missed this speech. The Conservatives at least are thinking seriously about food security. Highlights from the conclusion, starting with the three action points: Making a genuine free market by ending – once and for all – production subsidies, so British farmers can compete fairly with foreign competitors. Creating a […]
Read MoreMeeting David Cameron
Today, I met David Cameron. He’s taller than you imagine and even fresher faced. His speech and his responses to questions were positive, optimistic, realistic and balanced. There was a real sense that David is a decent, honest and committed man who wants to make Britain the country it ought […]
Read MoreConstitutions and democracy
Mark Mardell points out that the French are changing their constitution to avoid a referendum: The French politicians from both houses were meeting to change the constitution so they could go ahead with the adoption of the Treaty of Lisbon. I do wonder at the imperative among Europe’s political elite […]
Read MoreBut who will lead Britain and Europe to be free?
The freedom message brings us together; it doesn’t divide us. — Ron Paul What about this man?
Read MoreIndependent: Cameron has a vision that is “potentially revolutionary”
… but it confuses the right-wing media, who want government out of our lives, but who also want to blame government for every crisis. At least I am not alone in spotting that Cameron is ahead of the game. In rare moments of calm the focus switches from a troubled […]
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