Tim Almond

There’s been quite a lot of talk in places like The Spectator and by Guido about David Cameron, and his fight against the current political system. People like Guido should be wary of such talk, for it is nothing but spin.

Cameron has talked about us having a vote on the Constitution, yet the Conservatives absteined over a vote on whether to respect the Irish referendum. There’s also no promise that the vote can happen once the Conservatives get into power. He knows that by the time they’re in power, it will be signed, and we’ll have a lot of resigned words about it now being too late, how structures have been put in place.

On schools, he’s talked about something like having a Swedish voucher system, but then adds in some micromanagement policies into the same speech.

The Conservatives are also planning on increase the size of the NHS, which means yet more power to the state.

Last week, a private members bill from a Conservative MP sought to introduce new censorship powers on movies to government.

He opposes Post Office closures, despite that fact that many of those kept open are doing little more than giving staff a job.

He repeatedly misses opportunities to tell the British public how many of our laws are handed down from the EU.

Cameron is making a lot of trying to sound like Friedman, but scratch the surface, and you get interference not too different from Blair. He doesn’t have the confidence in his words to back them up with bold policies. Until he comes up with some policies that really upset certain groups (and breaking up the NHS, removing the right for the BBC to collect the TV tax or closing down the Arts Council would do that), I wouldn’t trust that he’ll do much more than re-arrange the furniture.

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