Week One of 2010

So much has happened and we are only on day three of 2010!

First was Cameron’s “We Cannot Go on Like This” speech, which has set the tone for the coming general election. He was first of the blocks bold and unafraid to take the lead and show his hand. His speech had three important and very good points;

First; the country has a choice to make; either to carry on for another five years of the same, five more years of Labour and Gordon Brown with the same policies that bankrupted our nations’ economy, confused us socially, and killed our drive and ambition. Or they can choose change, the change of hope of aspiration and the promise of possibilities? In Cameron’s own words; “A new decade is fresh before us. This time always comes with a sense of hope. Hope that successes can be built upon; failures can be learned from… …new ideas started; a new course charted.”

He then reminded us that during his four years leadership he backed Tony Blair’s school reforms and renewing Trident even though in both occasions he could have inflicted defeat on the Government. He also worked with the Liberal Democrats to get justice for the Gurkhas. He was the first to call for TV debates when he become leader of the party.

The second important point was announcing that, if he becomes prime minister after this year’s election, he will invite leaders of the main opposition parties to attend the war cabinet on a regular basis so they can offer their advice and insights. Signalling inclusively, unity and true bipartisanship, putting Britain’s best interest first before party politics, something the Labour party is incapable of doing.

Finally was denouncing old style politics that divides our country; “We can’t go on with an old-fashioned left-wing class war on aspiration from a government that has seen the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” David Cameron said. If Labour was intending to use ‘class war attacks’ in the coming general election, then it is back to the drawing board for them.

Three very insightful and key points to separate those who do from those who will say anything to get elected. With the main parties hovering so closely over the center ground the non-partisan loyalists need some line of separation. In this speech Cameron has drawn that line; his is the party of unity that supports and encourages aspiration, the party of optimism and hope, the conservatives is the party that believes Britain can pull together and have a great future.