How would the right respond to another defeat?

sunderkatwala Wed Oct 03, 2007 at 10:05:58 AM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Some in the Conservative Party would want to reject Cameronism and lurch right. But how many times can they try that. The only sensible response would be to deepen the Cameron project, not abandon it. And this matters to the centre-left, because political change is embedded if you convert your opponents and shift the centre-ground of politics. http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/articles/future-of-conservatism



This article for OpenDemocracy offers some helpful advice to next generation Conservatives, from the centre-left. Can they try to come to terms with a social democratic country, or is their core mission to slash the state non-negotiable? http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/articles/future-of-conservatism

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Re: How would the right respond to another defeat? (#1)

by pregethwr on Wed Oct 03, 2007 at 12:40:21 PM GMT

There's a saying about chickens and counting that comes to mind.


Re: How would the right respond to another defeat? (#2)

by TonyHannon on Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 04:19:16 PM GMT

That's right, as granny used to say: "You can count on Conservatives to be chickens."

Kidding.

I do think that David Cameron being Tory leader is a good thing for the country (as long as he's in opposition). The Tories coming to terms with a more left-leaning liberal country is good for us too.

I don't get why some people on this site seem to hate him more than other Conservative leaders...


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