The debate for the future

It is not surprising that the loss of our third election has led to a major review of where we stand. Whilst the Lib Dems are arguing over whether or not their Local Income Tax policy cost them votes the Conservative party is of course reviewing the deeper question of where this historic party goes with its core beliefs.

For some time I have had asociations with the Centre for Social Justice, a think tank with legs, that was set up by Iain Duncan Smith when he lost the Leadership. If you click on the above title link it will take you to a report isued yesterday by the CSJ which I think contributes to this debate greatly. It is worth a read for those interested in Social Justice and figthing poverty, not through the leftstate interventionist model but through a Conservative party that gave us William Wilberforce (Anti Slavery Movement) and Lord Shaftesbury.

There is also a very interesting subject about the Social Justice aspect of the Conservative party at Conservative Home.