Comments on: New Tories

By: TCD

TCD — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:35:05 +0000

Unfortunately, I am not convinced that Cameron has the right policy ideas to start with, nor the courage to put forward the radical solutions that are needed. Will that change when he is in government? We shall see, but I am not optimistic given his performance to date. To guarantee that the funding of the NHS will be unaffected will restrict his options unnecessarily when in government, and his silly adherence to the global warming lobby is also going to be a hindrance. And then, by appointing Ken Clarke, there is the clear sign that he is going to cave in to Europe, so no change to the huge waste of money there, nor the overbearing bureaucracy and regulations. I am beginning to suspect that it not just tactics, but a lack of instinct about what needs to be done.

By: Derek W. Buxton

Derek W. Buxton — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:31:52 +0000

“Beacon” certainly has a point. I also agree with a previous comment that Cameron should drop the “green” nonsense. But I fear that he is only seeking power for himself not for the good of our Country.

Derek

By: Waramess

Waramess — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:11:28 +0000

Absolutely impossible to import inflation although our socialist government would love you to believe it is true. Rising prices of imports from overseas will force the UK public to make choices but that has to be good and might result in much unnecessary consumption being sacrificed.

Inflation is always the result an expansion of the money supply and is one of the great evils of our time, transferring wealth from the poor to the rich.

Nu Labour have caused a great shortage of quality labour in this country by employing so many civil servants Six million at the last count, and you do nothing to redress the balance by freely admitting immigrants to the work force.

Nu Labour have much to answer for. They have removed quality labour from the workforce and they have allowed this economy to become too dependent on financial services and housing.

When we emerge from this recession our oil resrves will have become further depleted, our financial services will lie in tatters and the economy will need to find other things to do to survive.

The answer will not be higher labour costs but lower labour costs in order to compete and lower taxes to encourage entrepreneurial activity.

By: Spent Copper

Spent Copper — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:10:52 +0000

Got it in one Beacon. I spent decades voting for the Conservatives but now am a committed UKIP supporter. I cant see how any party with the likes of Zak Goldsmith and Ken Clarke holding prominent positions in it could seriously be considered Conservative. For me there are too many in the current Conseravtive party who still believe that the answer is more intervention and ‘better’ spending and just dont get it that Government, far from being the solution, is usually the problem.

I would like nothing more than to be able to return to my ‘old political home’, but for me and many like me this is simply not an option at the moment.

By: StevenL

StevenL — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:17:17 +0000

The toried should be asking for a refund on all these marketing men they have hired.

Newsnight have just led on ‘the future of the left’ with a load of labour and liberal has-beens discussing how to achieve ‘equality of capacity’ on the day Cameron announces detailed and massive top to bottom reforms to financial services regulation.

Second story – vaccines on swine flu and more government announcements.

Coming up – CCTV. Round up – James Purnell tells the BBC that ‘the party’ need to renew policy. Death of a serviceman in Afghanistan. Downgrading of terrorist threat.

Oh, here we go – last item on the round up? No, just one headline on the tory FS regulation proposals, now something about the Audit Commission. Closing prices and estimate of 7.5% GDP fall due to swine flu.

Back to CCTV.

What do you guys pay all these marketing people and spindoctors for?

By: Adam Collyer

Adam Collyer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:58:56 +0000

Lola, this post is completely COOL! I am full of admiration!

By: jean baker

jean baker — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:47:35 +0000

It seems you have no recollection of Great Britain in 1997 and the disastrous changes and havoc wreaked upon it in the last 12 years.

By: Adam Collyer

Adam Collyer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:37:22 +0000

The CO2 reductions from electric cars are a very complex subject. There’s quite a good discussion of it in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_cars. It is certain however that electric cars would reduce pollution in cities and lessen our dependance on the unstable Middle East.

They will however increase our dependance on electricity generation, so you are absolutely right that we need to make plans NOW to get more power stations built. I agree with you that nuclear is obvious. I’ve said it before and I take this opportunity to bore everyone with it again – we need to get started on The Severn Barrage NOW http://www.nce.co.uk/severn-barrage-debate/1340018.article. It could provide 5% of our electricity from 2020 and would cost £20 billion to build. About the same as the Trident replacement in fact.

By: jean baker

jean baker — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:16:30 +0000

No worries …. I expect Andy Coulson is au fait with ‘blogosphere’ activity, government media monitoring, ‘sock puppets’ etc. etc. etc.

By: jean baker

jean baker — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:09:06 +0000

” ….. mistrust that the electorate has of those in Westminster”.

Not so – despite vile ‘muck raking’, good MP’s continue to maintain open, honest dialogue with those they serve, constituents. People judge representatives for themselves and also their good works.

There’s a difference between a ‘policitian (John being a prime example) and a trouble making ‘thug in a suit’ posing as one.