Posted by Gav on April 8th, 2006
Many people are saying on the doorstep that they used to vote for Labour and that they don’t know who to vote for now.
In 1992 the Conservatives were elected when, in reality, they needed to be kicked out and allowed to understand the responsibility of power.
In 2005 the Labour Party, if you ever supported them, reached that same point. They should not have won.
It’s a shame that the electorate realises this so soon after the last election that that party will win.
If Cameron continues this abandonment of Conservativism then, when we are in power again, he will make the same mistakes as Major and we will be consigned to history. If Cameron continues this abandonment of Conservativism and loses then we will be consigned to history!
Posted by Gav on April 8th, 2006
In response to Dave’s comment:
Hey, don’t get me wrong Dave, I don’t disagree with a word you say. The only thing I would say is that better a pro-EU Tory Government than a pro-EU leftist government.
I do think we need to hold judgement on Cameron a little longer, but he is making some serious errors of judgement. I went canvassing this morning and all of us agreed that there’s nothing wrong with Grammar schools… Cameron’s alone in the party but that doesn’t help matters.
On whether we need to show we have changed, I think we do. We are (previously rightly) thought of as bigots and fools. Of course there are Tories who are homophobic or racist — there are in all parties — but what Cameron has grasped is that we need to show people that that is not what Conservatives are about.
Some of the “don’t vote”-ers don’t follow politics, but then neither do many voters. Consider Blair:
In 1997 he said that Labour wouldn’t increase spending because Major had proved that money alone wasn’t enough. And when he was elected, on the face of it, that wasn’t a terrible plan. But when he didn’t do that he should not have won in 2001 or 2005.
That he did shows that people don’t follow politics.
If Cameron is pulling the wool over people’s eyes and, if elected, will make radical Tory policies then I will be pleasantly surprised.
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