David Cameron launches biggest Conservative shake-up for decades

The Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 24 Jul 2008 | Andrew Porter, Political Editor

[GreenLanternCorps]

David Cameron is to launch the biggest shake-up of the Conservative Party for decades as part of a bold plan to win support across the whole of the United Kingdom.

The Tories are to forge a new party with the Ulster Unionists to try to secure broader backing for Mr Cameron before the next election.

The move to restore a link severed more than 30 years ago forms a central plank in a new Conservative strategy to broaden the party's appeal outside England.

[GreenLanternCorps]

I'm not a huge David Cameron fan, but this is good. The rift between the Conservatives and the Ulster Unionists is almost 40 years old. Healing that is an important step.

[Tzimisce]

The left in Britain has finally overstepped...

[PAR35]

If I was advising them, I'd tell them to run not against Labour, but against Europe. Anti Euro, pro Pound, pro pound, pro acre, etc.

Run a TV ad starting with a CGI Spanish Armada, ending with a voice over "they tried to conquer England in 1588. They failed. The weapons are different now, but the threat is just as great. Vote Conservative, and there'll always be an England."

Next in the series - Napolean, third in the series the Battle of Britain.

Then start a series on crime, promise a right to self defense.

[MinorityRepublican]

I haven't read much on England's politics but I know that the Conservative Party is drifting leftward and won't be that much different than Labour Party.

Good thing about Gordon Brown is that he's strong on foreign policy and didn't pull out troops from the Middle East.

[happygrl]

There are an increasing number of voters in the UK that would respond to such a pitch, but currently, only the BNP offers such sentiments and positions.

[Winniesboy]

If I was advising them, I'd tell them to run not against Labour, but against Europe. Anti Euro, pro Pound, pro pound, pro acre, etc.

More or less what Hague did, and look where it got him...

promise a right to self defense

This does, incidentally, already exist.