Skinner may well be right. Cameron seems to be more about media presentation than issues.

“I have thought about giving up my interest in politics altogether.”

Political life is now at its lowest ebb since the Second World War. The country is run by power-corrupted philistines, with no effective opposition from either the left or the right. I see no vitality, no inventiveness, no progress in the economy, the arts, environmental consciousness, or social reform.

Modernization will fail. People here have really little understanding of how rapidly the rest of the world is changing. The UK is more and more marginalized, unable to influence the USA, unable to contribute to Europe, sending half-equipped soldiers round the world to get into trouble: a poseur on the international scene.

Scotland may be able to break out out of this chronic pattern of failure and like Ireland, Norway etc. be reinvigorated after independence to become a ‘normal’ small northern European country with high standards of public services and education and a modest international presence. That is my hope.

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If one has anything worthwhile to sell. it is sometimes necessary to attract customer interest by having mannequins in shop windows; however, it is generally the selling expertise of the slightly less glamorous sales assistants, inside the store, which makes the profit and thus keeps the store afloat.

The Beast of Bolsover , yesterday, in a radio interview , said that there seems to be a whiff of the Mandelsons about Cameron: I agree, and I would not want Mandelson, or indeed a Mandelson clone, in any future Government, no matter what the colour might be. I am indeed slightly dejected as to his apparent shallowness: he , like M.appears oleaginous, and oil, as everyone knows, when spilt in a pool of water will iridesce, ( neologism?) as long as light shines on it. The trouble is, like all rainbows, there is no depth to the shimmer, and when the light is removed, all pretence at glitter is gone.

By the way , Katzenjammer is German for that peculiarly cacophonous noise made by felines on heat. It also means , in a slightly twisted logical way, a hangover, ( sometimes referred to , in short, as a ” Kater”) The kids were so called, I should imagine, because of the headaches which they, with their antics, gave their parents

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You seem rather disillusioned. Have you thought of joining another political party?

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As to what he otherwise stands for: I am sure we will wait for some time before we are enlightened in that area. There have been several generalised statements made, but I have heard nothing definitive. I hope he is able to make at least some attempt to lay out his itinerary on the road to the leadership. A start would be, for example:-
1) to lay out a feasible plan to curb the excessive governmental spending, currently plaguing the taxpayer.
2) Address the immigration chaos, at present totally out of the control of this Administration.
3) Take steps to minimise our involvement in the Juggernaut which is PC Europe, whilst still retaining the free trade element.
3) Ensure the judiciary are not in a position to interfere in matters National Security. The judiciary must remain free from governmental influences, but the set up at present does not seem to be in the nation’s best interest.

Parliament makes the laws which the judiciary guard so tenaciously and therefore; if certain extraordinary powers are needed; bring in laws which allow drastic measures to be taken to deal with extraordinary circumstances.

Surely he cannot be serious as to the farming out of such a serious subject as the future of the environment? A hard line must be followed in order to avoid the catastrophe staring us in the face.

Already the number of Quangos , as previously discussed here , is too high. Why, if what has been suggested should go through, should we still need a Government? Everything would be like old Labour , nothing decided without the good old committees, and in this case , an unelected one at that.

Would things be different under a Peter Mandelson lookalike ? Or would a proper Government be allowed to govern in accordance with the manifest upon which it was elected.

Is the Government , acting as the solicitors, refusing to take advice from the Quangos, acting as the barristers? If not , what is the point of awarding the brief out of its own hands in the first place?

We already have a surfeit of unelected and overpaid Government advisors, and it is now time for the Government to act on this expensive advice: the GOVERNMENT must lead, as it has been elected to do.

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Cameron has said that climate change is being neglected. Fair enough, but according to the BBC he is suggesting that the issue should be taken out of party politics with a “committee to monitor progress on the environment . . . similar to the one that decides interest rates”.

Bizarre. Why just the environment? The Health Service could also be removed from party politics – and education – and pensions – and transport. In fact everything could be run by special committees . . . leaving the Tory Party to concentrate on leadership contests, I suppose.

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If you think that having been to Eton is not a liability you are living on a different planet .

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There you are, you can have that for free. And once the Tories are in power, then they can dismantle the massive network of bribes – whoops! sorry – benefits that this government is using wealth-creators money to pay for.

Oh, yes, another thing. Let’s leave the economically and socially moribund EU, and start investing heavily in the Developing World; that way we shall benefit ourselves and the poor of the world too. Trade creates not only wealth but peace too, as any fule kno.

As for Cameron, if he mentions the phrase “compassionate Conservatism” again, I’m going to hunt him down and punch him on the nose.

Although, I don’t wish to punch him as much as I wish to punch those who criticise him for going to Eton: only in Britain would people express the idea that being bright and well-educated was an undesirable trait in a leader. Slightly depressing, isn’t it?

DK

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However I do hope one thing we can count on any Conservative candidate to do is cut down on Labour’s overspending. If that isn’t a given then it’s goodbye from me!

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I sincerely hope that the survival of the Party as an effective opposition proves Ken Clarke’s supporters wrong, but I doubt it, very much.

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