Via Paul Tuns comes word that the new British Tory leader, David Cameron, whom I said I was willing to give a chance, is shifting the party to the Left:
Risking a clash with traditionalists, Mr Cameron suggested that Thatcherite policies had little or no relevance in modern Britain and that he would not be bound in any way by her thinking. The world was changing so fast that strict ideologies should be shunned in favour of a flexible approach to politics. In a warning to the traditional Right, he said: "There has been a tendency for some Conservatives to treat Britain, particularly our public services, as an ideological laboratory. But today, in a world that is constantly changing, we need open minds.
At the next election a whole generation of people will be voting who were born after Mrs Thatcher left office. So when it comes to tackling the big challenges our society faces, I will not be the prisoner of an ideological past."
I'm not sure what the point of this rhetoric is. Maybe he knows something I don't, but somehow, I don't think attacking Margaret Thatcher is the best way to move forward.
