The 1952 Committee

The 1952 Committee came to my attention today. It is a group of blogs who have all turned their backs on the Conservative Party following Michael Howard's indefensible support of ID cards.

ID cards are a mistake, there is no question, and Howard's support of them suggests he does not share the dream of a libertarian nation or, and this is scarier, he was more concerned about accusations of being soft on terrorism than the freedom of the Queen's subjects.

The approach these blogs are taking, however, is not the one I would recommend. The Conservative Party has flawed policies on several items, ID cards is one, the EU and the need for an English Parliament are two other obvious ones. Overall, though, the Conservatives are far and away better than the party formerly known as Labour or the Liberal Democrats (who I succinctly name: "The party that wants to give the country to the EU only after it has given children, paedophiles and murderers the vote").