Davis lead forces Cameron substance
A Populus poll in today's Times puts David Davis in the lead over his leadership rival David Cameron with a 50% to 37% advantage.
This should come as no surprise given the recent Question Time performances of both candidates. Indeed, the Cameroonians have clearly recognised the damage that their man's substance-lite approach has inflicted on his chances of being elected Conservative leader by the Tory membership.
Cameron's speech yesterday to the think-tank The Centre for Policy Studies at last put Conservative meat on the bones of his campaign that were beginning to look decidedly 'third way'. He spoke of 'economic empowerment' and opportunity for all at home and of the importance of irradiating malaria and establishing property rights as a means for economic empowerment in the third world. All in all, it was a good Conservative speech, with a solid blend of ideology, practicality and substance.
Cameron is creeping closer to that dream ticket of uniting the Conservative pillars of One Nationism and Economic Liberalism. If he is to complete this feat, though, he must first lose the millstone of his reluctance to explicitly commit to a low tax economy. Doing so would not only join the dots in his philosophical platform, but also be an act of political bravery and integrity that would rid him of the heir to Blair tag and move away from the oft ridiculed 'third way'.
This should come as no surprise given the recent Question Time performances of both candidates. Indeed, the Cameroonians have clearly recognised the damage that their man's substance-lite approach has inflicted on his chances of being elected Conservative leader by the Tory membership.
Cameron's speech yesterday to the think-tank The Centre for Policy Studies at last put Conservative meat on the bones of his campaign that were beginning to look decidedly 'third way'. He spoke of 'economic empowerment' and opportunity for all at home and of the importance of irradiating malaria and establishing property rights as a means for economic empowerment in the third world. All in all, it was a good Conservative speech, with a solid blend of ideology, practicality and substance.
Cameron is creeping closer to that dream ticket of uniting the Conservative pillars of One Nationism and Economic Liberalism. If he is to complete this feat, though, he must first lose the millstone of his reluctance to explicitly commit to a low tax economy. Doing so would not only join the dots in his philosophical platform, but also be an act of political bravery and integrity that would rid him of the heir to Blair tag and move away from the oft ridiculed 'third way'.
Eh. Sorry Ben, could you explain One Nationism to me. Is it nationalism or republicanism or what. Sounds like spin-glish for that new brand of internal cultural imperialism thats becoming so popular to me. Probably wrong, so what is it?
Posted by
Anonymous |
Wed Nov 09, 12:07:00 pm
From Wikipedia:
"The term derives indirectly from one of Benjamin Disraeli's political novels, Sybil, or the Two Nations, in which he described Britain as "Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets: the rich and the poor."
Posted by
Ben |
Wed Nov 09, 12:32:00 pm
Like Stalinism then
Posted by
Anonymous |
Thu Nov 10, 12:13:00 pm
...but without the 'tache.
Posted by
Ben |
Mon Nov 14, 10:02:00 am
...but without the 'tache.
Posted by
Ben |
Mon Nov 14, 10:03:00 am