I wait at the stumps as David Cameron runs up to bowl his speech and discover that he is a spin bowler. Eagerly I await but at the last second he stops and fails to deliver. This is not New Labour and 20/20 Vision. This is Blurred Vision. We have had Tarzan in the Tory Party. Meet the Twin Pillars of Hercules, Opportunity and Security for all, will he be strong enough to pull them together?
We stand on the platform and the tannoy announces its garbled message the train now arriving is called "Our Society. Your Life". It's every child's dream, a Hogwarts School in every comprehensive school and it's called a "grammar stream". No deep sea trawling here, rather its trolling in a trickle.
Tooting. Now why does that remind me of a rolled up £20 note and a line of coke? David Cameron is preaching to the converted today, Conservatives candidates and activists. I feel that the general public will need more convincing. There is nothing "new politics" in saying that the state and society are separate entities.
The reason that the Conservative Party policies are cigarette paper thin right now is that David Cameron is waiting for the Conservative Party Policy Review Groups to come up with some ideas for him in the next few weeks. What is clear right now is that they tend to be tough on terrorism and tough on crime. I fail to see how this differs from what Labour is offering. There will be economic stability. Again, in what way does this differ from Labour? They intend to give support to the family. I suppose a crutch will look good in people's homes. Everybody will have equal opportunity, just as well that David Cameron calls himself a "determined optimist". Personally, I am pessimistic.
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