Conservatives on the left

It's been confusing enough having to suffer a Labour government with Conservative policies and aspirations - now it looks like we are going to have the reverse. Does anyone believe any of Cameron's protestations in his speech? Are they really interested in poverty? http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/08/david-cameron-conservative-conference

Life under the Tories

The Guardian has run a feature on this today - http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/08/conservative-conference-cameron. Trying to look for some positives but failing...

Can we have a large portion of honesty please?

So what does David Cameron and the Conservatives have to do today to cement their chance for the next term? Quite frankly, in my opinion, some honesty would be a welcome change compared to the half truths or just plain secrative nature of the party heard at yesterday's conference. George Osborne outlined savings of £7billion's a year should they get elected, but this just baffels me. Was George not aware of the £175billion borrowing this year and next? Quite frankly I see this as dishonesty - do the conservatives not realise that what the Bristish people want is some honest, open and forthright truth? Tell it like it is please; express the issues we face as a country and be confident in your abilities to change this around.

My feelings are that they have more plans than they are letting on and that many policy decisions and full cuts will remain secret until enforced. If they were more honest and open, maybe more voters would turn out for the election, because they would have some real decisions to make.

If they don't, I think the Conservatives won't win the election, but instead the Labour party will lose it!

Is gloom the new boom?

Vote for us and we'll freeze your pay, cut your benefits, not cut your tax...Tories now seem convinced that gloom is a vote-winner because we're all convinced that the country's in such chaos http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/oct/07/pensions-crisis-analysis But will people really vote for less than they have now. And seeing as this is politically rather than economically motivated, hasn't the left's battle-ground now opened up before it? "It doesn't have to be that bad."

Labour need more vote winners...

...George Osbourne should help http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8292680.stm. Any other candidates?

The endless cycle of false hope

I feel that trying to find reasons to support Labour under Brown at the moment is a bit like going to your family for Christmas dinner.
You really want to enjoy yourself but inevitably, as the dry turkey is served and the limp party hats come out, you realise that it's going to be the exactly the same as it was every year before and you'd rather be doing something else.
By the time next year comes around, you've sort of forgotten and hope surges again...
This is how I feel every week about Labour.
And then I see Gordon on the news ....

Cameron v Blair

Has Cameron's dithering over the Lisbon Treaty exposed again his party's achilles heel? See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8290150.stm