tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post341849057795613734..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: David Cameron is the Daily Telegraph's real targetJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-27085331274128087612010-12-24T18:26:12.337+00:002010-12-24T18:26:12.337+00:00The notion that the Conservative Party leadership ...The notion that the Conservative Party leadership was right wing between 1992 and 2010 is a fraud. John Major's favourite thinktank, the social market foundation, was run by former members of the SDP. John Major took in these chaps as his advisers. Daniel Finkelstein of the SDP became William Hague's close adviser, his other right hand man was George Osborne. Iain Duncan Smith's chief speech writer was Greg Clark, formerly of the SDP. Ex-SDP members disrupted IDS's leadership and caused an embarrassing split, while a moderniser group called The Movement led a campaign to humiliate the election winning Norman Tebbit in order to create a 'clause 4 moment'. The modernisers chucked out Iain Duncan Smith and replaced him with their own man, Michael Howard. David Cameron was Michael Howard's close adviser in the 1990s and wrote the 2005 manifesto. I could go on. Merry Christmas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-82722646257938255632010-12-23T21:49:31.903+00:002010-12-23T21:49:31.903+00:00Forgot to add:
Aside from that - spot on.Forgot to add:<br />Aside from that - spot on.Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395992764678278326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-77753019601990943262010-12-23T21:48:45.742+00:002010-12-23T21:48:45.742+00:00I must admit I don't see much libertarianism i...I must admit I don't see much libertarianism in the Tory party.<br /><br />A few 'libertoryans' perhaps - those who want limited freedom but are happy to support the large state where it helps achieve their ends (and fuels their sense of entitlement) - a bit like the 'tea partiers' in the US - low taxes, except for locking people up and the military.Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395992764678278326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-74329847667649898632010-12-23T19:38:45.124+00:002010-12-23T19:38:45.124+00:00correct!correct!John Minardhttp://tiny.cc/splashblognoreply@blogger.com