Michael Howard has given me the best Christmas present ever!
Pissing off Pro-War, Cultural and Euroskeptic Conservatives now he’s agreeing to the Government’s ID card proposals.
I back them 100% - I grew up in Hong Kong so I’m used to them and recognize that they are integral to my safety and the potency of the immigration system there. However it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that it’s a policy that has no support amongst High Tories and will in fact result in the Conservatives losing what are normally safe Tory votes.
After a year of violently thrashing his party through a year of opportunistic chicanes (opposition of Top-Up fees, about face on Iraq), Howard has finally thrown off the last of his loyal base. He’s ultimately stripped the Tories of their ideological foundations in a bizarre scramble to achieve spontaneous electability - at least under IDS there was something the Conservatives obviously stood for and principles upon which their policies were based. They’re not much better than the Lib Dems at the moment.
Thanks Mr Howard! The election is officially ours.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at December 21, 2004 01:57 AM | TrackBack