True blue

And now for something political.

I'm what I'd call a proper Conservative, a Thatcherite, one who believes in small government, low taxes, freedom of choice and no political correctness.  By the same token, I believe in honesty and morality, which is why I am so upset by the lies that the LibDems tell about the Conservatives in Eastleigh and Winchester.

I am, therefore, not too happy with the wishy-washy liberalism of the Coalition, either, and would dearly love to see a reasonably right of centre Conservative government in power. So when Adrian Beecroft accused "socialist" Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, of not being fit for office as unemployment is rising due to the Coalition's refusal to reduce red tape in business, I whole heartedly agreed.  In fact, the LibDems called Beecroft's scheme "bonkers."  

The LibDems are inevitably the reason that Cameron's promised referendum in Europe never took place, and why there could be problems with rejecting the European  Court of  Human Rights ruling on votes for prisoners.

The Labour government got us into the mess we're in now by overspending and overdeveloping the state sector, so I found it interesting the other day when I met a couple who tried to tell me that it was all the fault of the Major government.  I tried to remind them that Gordon Brown spent several years saying that he wouldn't change the Conservative strategy, before bragging that he'd abolished boom and bust.

What we need now is a breakup of the Coalition as it doesn't work, and an election as soon as the Conservatives have proved that they are Conservatives.  Fortunately, there are plenty of backbench MPs who are now proving that they are traditional Tories, thus scotching the UKIP view that the Conservative party no longer exists.