Halfway House Howard
December 14, 2004 by Ken
Filed under The Best of the Rest
It has often been said that Tony Blair is the best Conservative Prime Minister this country has ever had, the only problem I have with that is Blair is not a Conservative, and to suggest he is, is a slur on real Conservative values. Which is why I feel a little hesitant to describe Michael Howard as the best labour opposition leader this country has ever had, but I will pursue the analogy in spite of my misgivings, and even if real Labour supporters are insulted.
The Conservative party are not producing real Conservative policies, they are instead on the run from the power of the present administration and its allies in the media, they have in fact been eviscerated by the constant change of leadership the basic argument over the EU and the anti Tory media, so much so that they are frightened to stand up and say what is wrong with New Labours rush to destroy all that once made Britain a free society. They are terrified of being branded reactionary by standing on real Conservative policies which are based on the freedoms of the individual to choose their way of life without interference from the government.
It now seem that despite facing resignation threats from members of his Shadow Cabinet (which must be a misnomer because you must have substance to cast a shadow) Michael has announced that the Conservatives will support the Governments scheme to force ID cards on the population of this country. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4093583.stm
Yet again Howard is going to make himself and his party look stupid, undermine any opposition to the scheme and expose shadow ministers to ridicule, because despite giving their backing to ID cards, the Conservatives pledged to hold ministers to account over the precise purpose of the scheme.
So it is halfway house Howard on the march to nowhere again, why on earth would anyone wish to vote for this man to be Prime Minister is beyond me. The fact that the Conservative forced a parliamentary crisis over fox hunting, yet meekly allowed the Civil Contingencies Bill through without real opposition is indication enough that the Conservative party no longer believes in conservative values. I have to agree with Kilroy-Silk who said the Consevative Party is dying and we should kill them off. Then perhaps from the ashes of this disreputable rabble a new party might emerge which is not going to be afraid to be what their title claims, Conservative!
If you are a tory supporter in general but are to withdraw your vote on this issue please let me know. I am keeping a list called the 1952 Committee which consists of “tory” bloggers withholding votes on this issue. Url is http://www.theenglandproject.net/mt/archives/000821.html for your interest.