Other than providing jobs for politicians, what is the Conservative Party for?:
This is a very good piece by Norman Tebbit. Not quite what I expected from him and I do not necessarily agree with all that he has said in relation to policy.
But although he disparages thse who feel we need to move to the centre ground to fight Labour he does make an interesting point in this paragraph:
"It would be a radical programme. It would take time to bear fruit. But that was true of the Thatcher government, on whose achievements our present prosperity is built. Now our problems are social, and in the organisation of public services. They need to be addressed with equal radicalism."
I suppose the point he makes is that the Conservative Party that has dominated politics for as long as it has needs to create new ground not move to inhabit the old territory. In part this is because citizens change and will come to reject the lurch to the left that the Lib Dems provide but will be searching for new alternatives, not just a better management of the existing alternatives.
An interesting view point. Will check out what Conservative home has to say on this subject as there is usually some lively debate over there!!
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