Cameron's plan

It's uncanny.  Every time David Cameron starts reading from The Plan, sales pick up.

This morning, he almost seemed to quote from it, saying "we will push power down not just from the government to Parliament but from Whitehall to communities; from the state to citizens; from Brussels to Britain; from judges to the people; from bureaucracy to democracy.”

He then goes on to outline ideas we first mooted, such as popular initiative, opening up politics, recall, localism, referendums and proposals to clean up Westminster.

I then take a glance at on-line sales, and see they've spiked upwards once again.

Posted on 8 February 2010 by Douglas Carswell

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Can't see him achieving Brussels to Britain without an In or Out referendum, an area where his copybook is already well and truly blotted. As for the other stuff, if there is such a direct cause and effect relationship, you have to wonder why he's so damn abstract all the time.

Posted on 8 February 2010 19:34 by mike paterson

Dear Sir Douglas Carswell

David Cameron needs more than a plan, he needs a strong, attractive and coherent strategy. The TPA book "The Bumper Book of Government Waste" shows where £100 billion is going begging. The Conservative Leadership must use that to provide sound funding for our policies (so Labour cant tear into our economic policies), to show we are serious about paying off debt and to provide some tasty red reat- TAX CUTS to millions of small businesses.

We don't have the luxury of time to worry about a million Tory-loathing quangocrats that such a measure would imply; there are tens of millions who would vote for us to get 5 pence off Income Tax!!

Many grassroots Conservatives are beginning to lose patience with Sir David Cameron over his cowardice over cuts, because all the while this goes on we can't offer a strong Conservative USP (Unique Selling Point) to the electorate.

The Leadership has two months at most to sharpen up its act. And there MUST NOT be any more dismal performances at PMQs- WE should be hammering Labour.

Yours Sincerely

Ian Pennell

Posted on 8 February 2010 20:12 by Ian Pennell

He says those things but we all know he doesn't mean it.

If you win with a narrow majority I'd love to see a handful of Tories use their new found leverage to get commitments on the stuff he's saying. Particularly on Europe.


I'm sure Iain Duncan Smith will back you up ;)

Posted on 8 February 2010 22:48 by chefdave

It is easy to get excited by words, but what has the Conservative Party leadership done in recent years to make one believe Mr. Cameron will live up to his words?

Mr. Pennell, above, makes a great point saying the Conservatives have not offered anything too different from Labour.

Unless Mr. Cameron, and the rest of the party, unequivocally lays out a plan of action, coupled with sincere attempts to educate the public, I will continue to be extremely skeptical.

I do have hope for the future of Britain, but it will take more than a change of government leadership to reach the change that is truly needed.

Posted on 9 February 2010 01:09 by Tyler

I just wish you had your hand further up his arse working his gob so that he made even more sense more often.

Posted on 9 February 2010 16:17 by lola

Thats what Cameron says today. What will he say tomorrow though? And more importantly, what will he actually DO?

Posted on 9 February 2010 20:50 by David Harcombe

Words are cheap - especially when there's an election due.

Can he be trusted to actually DO any of this?

Posted on 10 February 2010 15:53 by JohnRS

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