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[PhilBy]

Any views on the Tory party political broad cast put out last .......... if I heard it right Camreron basically said if elected he would do the same as the Labour party but would introduce more school buses!?! Considering that the labour party is very much on the ropes at the monet does anyone think this was a heavy weight performance by the new leader of the oppostion?

[jake-the-peg]

If I try to be unpartisan for a moment: It seems that whenever you get a change in leader in any political party there is a period of time while they formulate policy. Sometimes that's by think tanks or it may be by less formal review but it seems pretty rare for somebody to seize power with a fully formed manafesto under their arm.

That means there's a "dead" period where it's very difficult to be an effective opposition because you can't put forward your own proposals as an effective alternative.

During this time you're effectively limited to knocking the government and talking in general terms.

The counter example to this will probably be Gordon Brown - If he steps up to fill Blair's shoes without a fully fledged set of policies, I'll fall off my chair he's had 10 years after all.

[jno]

the way the Labour party has moved to the right has meant that the Tories have trouble finding policies to differentiate themselves - especially since they too backed war in Iraq. (It also means lefties have nobody to vote for.) So you may expect only minor promises to be made. Children will have to cycle to school but school buses will follow behind them carrying their books - that sort of thing. I suspect that if Labour lose a general election it will be because the public has had enough of them, not because the Tories seem to offer something manifestly better.

[sp1814]

It seemed very different from Tory campaigns of the past. He actually said that there are good Labour policies that would be kept! Couldn't imagine Maggie or John saying something like that.

He came across well, and the policies that he proposed were all nice, warm and fuzzy. However, I'm more interested in what he has to say about education, the economy and the NHS (not that I could ever vote for the Tories).

[flip-flop]

I'd've liked him to concentrate on education, crime, the economy and immigration, so was a bit dissapointed that he concentrated on, as sp says, nice warm and fuzzy issues.

The environment is, of course, very important, but to be perfectly honest, and I know this is terrible, I couldn't really give a tinker's cuss whether my council has increased recycling from 48.2567% to 51.5863865% (or some other meaningless figure).

As a Tory I want to know what the Conservatives are going to do on the issues mentioned above and how they propose to improve upon any perceived failings of Labour in these areas.

[mike1222]

Like ALL politicians, he will say what he thinks people who are daft enough to vote want to hear, and he will backtrack once he is in office. Nothing new there though!! When will people realise that they are voting for LIARS?!

[PhilBy]

Which question are you answering tab????