Yet it does seem as if Cameron is trying his best to lose. The rot set in when his promised referendum on Lisbon had to be dropped because it was ratified. Instead of offering a full referendum on the EU, he opted to fudge the issue with lines drawn into the sand about sovereignty and clawing back powers, something that anyone who has read Lisbon knows isn't going to happen, the EU takes, it does not give when it comes to power.
Secondly in a rising tide of English nationalism and disquiet about Scottish and Welsh MP's voting on English only bills in parliament he decides to fudge that issue too with Ken (EU) Clark coming up with a set of proposals that keeps the Scots and the Welsh in the loop for all the votes merely excluding them from some of the committee stage. Something that in fact satisfied no-one and irritated the English who would normally support the Tory party.
Finally today it turns out that the promise to get rid of the Regional Development Agencies is not going to happen either...
Western Morning News.
RDA's are part of the dismemberment of England into regions so beloved by the EU, Labour and socialists in general, mostly because they know how EU skeptic the English are and see it as a means of divide and conquer and keeping us under control. The one chance the English had to vote on the matter was rejected out of hand, not that democracy has ever held back the EU, Labour or socialists for very long, having had the measures rejected, they went ahead and did it anyway. Two members of David Cameron's senior team, including former Chancellor Ken Clarke, were forced to send a memo to all Tory MPs in the hope of finally clarifying their proposals.
So, what are the Tories up too? Are they really trying to throw the election? Or are they under orders from their EU masters (The Tory leadership that is) not to interfere with EU strictures and so can't win because they can't be Tories.
I think I'd like to know.
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There is a counter-theory in the U.S. that Democrats go in to put megaprojects in place, lose the election and come back eight years later to reap the benefits and lay more of this sort of thing on the people.
I don't think they want it.
I don't think they can hack it anyway and I sure as hell don't want them.
Spineless bastards!
paulo
Reports say that Cameron is sidelining the Shadow Cabinet more and more and only listening to a couple of people, Steve Hilton, (the useless, wet, Lefty), being one of them.
It would appear, QM, that the only thing we can expect from Cameron is more B.Liar-style, sofa government - here's hoping that he's dumped shortly after the election - if he loses, he's toast, and there's a growing rumbling from within the party that if he wins, he either shapes up, or he's toast!
So - I have voted Tory in every election - but not this one. Either EDP or BNP then; but wait - I'm not British, I am English; so it leaves just one.
It's a sad day
I asked somewhere, "What if they threw an election and no one came?". (Meaning voters at the time)
But I guess, "what if they threw an election and no one stood?", could lead to some some contemplation.
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