The Conservatives are gaining ground and are, indeed, leading Labour according to a recent Guardian poll, because of their excellent communication of key facts and tempering of the language used so that it doesn’t sound nasty but effectively conveys what is right about the Right.
So I am pleased to pass on this golden nugget of logic from Cameron’s leading team member:
We need to increase the supply of new housing – and that means increasing the supply of land available for development. Labour Ministers say the same thing.“But their approach is almost tailor-made to ensure that it does not happen, because it sets out to antagonize local communities instead of working with them.
“The whole process starts with huge regional housing targets announced by Ministers. These targets are then handed down to unelected, unaccountable and unwanted regional assemblies and regional housing boards to impose on local authorities.
“I propose a totally different approach. Instead of working against local communities, let us work with them. Instead of trying unsuccessfully to use sticks, let us use carrots.
“In urban areas we need to show how new housing does not just mean yuppie flats in the city centre, but can also provide the key to much needed regeneration to our neglected suburbs.
Of course.
May 24th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
I know I am gonna sound like a broke record here, but.
It doesn’t matter how much land we free up for housing if we are going to have a libertarian open border policy which means an almost unlimited amount of people wanting to live here, there can never be enough houses for that, surely?
May 24th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
We can only have a libertarian open border policy with countries that also have an open border policy with us. The EU may see an influx of Polish workers to the UK and Ireland to start with but in the long-term, assuming the EU survives its current left-ist stupidity, the populations will sort themselves out…
May 24th, 2006 at 9:19 pm
Well yes, maybe thats the right policy in an ideal world.
But the current situation isn’t like that, we don’t just have open borders with friendly countries who have open borders with us, almost anyone can come to this country even by hijacking a fkin plane! and get the ‘right’ to asylum.
I’m not trying to be anti immigrant, its a very serious question, how do the Conservatives think they can provide enough housing in Britain when almost the entire world seems to want to live here?
Its not possible, the only way you can do it is by restricting who can come here to a reasonable amount compared to what our resources and services can cope with.
May 25th, 2006 at 8:08 am
The Conservatives will continue to be against uncontrolled immigration. The lack of talk on the subject is just an acceptance that each time we mention it, it becomes news. If we don’t mention is, people can hear what we say about education, healthcare and the environment.