Introducing our new “community right-to-buy” policy

Comment by Dennysmock on November 19, 2009 at 5:57 pm

First job first, Mr Cameron. Announce soon that your first job as our Prime Minister will be to pull our troops out of Afghanistan. They can defend our shores from here, and not some God forsaken hell hole thousands of miles away. Do this, and your premiership will be guaranteed!

Comment by Priscilla on November 19, 2009 at 6:02 pm

I feel the Queen’s speech was a waste of Her Majesty’s time. What about Europe?

Comment by Hope Page on November 19, 2009 at 6:05 pm

Hooray, I might even begin to feel re-enfranchised, and as though I am part of a society which has community at its heart once more.

Comment by Robert Pearman on November 19, 2009 at 6:05 pm

A bit too late for the Post Offices, most of them have closed, it needs business returning to them like pensions, road fund licences, TV licences etc.

Comment by Richard on November 19, 2009 at 6:07 pm

David
generally i agree with you but me and other middle class business people who have put their money recently in Bank shares as an investment see you day by day beating banks up and watching banks cower , good tv may be but Bankinking shares fall and the City are watching other countries benifit because of the relentless kicking you are giving them, may be good publicity for those people who have no idea how banks work but i think you should let up a bit because you are making me worry that perhaps labour are going to look after my investments better than you and i am a Tory!

Comment by Tom Birkert on November 19, 2009 at 6:08 pm

Please can Mr Cameron ignore the Green Environmentalist view of Global Warming and promise to have a full, open debate on the matter. Their adherence to the Green Doctrine on this matter has me ready to vote for UKIP, the only party with a sensible policy on the environment. Oh for a Conservative party which followed the example of the opposition in Australia who stated in parliament “Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant”.

We are legally bound to take our quality of life back to pre-industrial levels thanks to the ridiculous Climate Change Act – which is totally impossible to comply with.

Carbon dioxide is a trace gas vital for all life on Earth. The demonisation of it should put all science to shame. It will take a long time for science to recover from the actions of those involved in this huge scam. The IPCC are a disgrace to science.

Comment by Robert Pearman on November 19, 2009 at 6:08 pm

Omitted to comment on the pubs situation, until something is brought in to control the ridiculous prices that the supermarkets are charging, more pubs and clubs will continue to close with the loss of a vaqluable resource to the community

Comment by Neville on November 19, 2009 at 6:10 pm

I went to see my MP (Conservative) at his surgery last week for the first time in 52 years and it is the first time that I have ever asked an MP for help for my disabled wife who has had her benefits stopped because the government are ‘tightening up’ and it would appear that genuine people are being made to suffer for the incompetence of the government, all my MP could do to help me was point me in the direction of the local CAB, when I went to the CAB the lady told me that this MP sends everyone who asks for help to the CAB. What is the point in voting for anyone? In all honesty I have not got enough faith in anyone in parliment at the moment to vote for them. You are all in the job to line your own pockets and you have proved it to the people of this country over and over so do me and you a big favor and stop sending me emails because frankly it is meaningless, you all talk for the sake of making your lips move. Your too busy arguing with each other to worry about the importance of running this country and the sooner there is either a revolution or the BNP take over – the better.

Comment by John Blinman on November 19, 2009 at 6:10 pm

A “community right-to-buy” is a really good idea. Now all we need is a “Country right-to-govern ” so that you can be sure it is not against “EU Regulations”.
Please get us out of the iniquitous EU so that we can save £40 million PER DAY and help to get the country financially viable again. You will then be able to make Laws to benefit OUR country rather than France and Germany.
You promised a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Okay, that is possibly no longer possible, so give us one on EU Membership if you are not too scared it will not have the result you want! The vast majority of thinking Britons WANT OUT.

Comment by Ross J Warren on November 19, 2009 at 6:11 pm

As a Career of a disabled wife, with a elderly mother who is in receipt of DLA, I have nothing but praise for your principled stand on this issue.When it comes to an issue, like this, that effects, or has the potential to effect the old, and the infirm. We should be proud to champion their cause and take the fight to Labour. I will indeed sign the petition and thank you David for bringing this issue to our attention.

Comment by Sue Metcalf on November 19, 2009 at 6:12 pm

I know there are many things, above, which could have been commented on, but we are here to talk about the current Queens Speech. She must, as the rest of us now, realise that these are just hopeful votegetters. A bit late for this Mr. Brown, you’ve had your time and blown it!!

Comment by Rt. Revd. Anthony Earl-Williams on November 19, 2009 at 6:14 pm

No logical reason why some Post Offices could not be re-opened, particularly in combination with “Community Shops” in rural areas.
In any event, it is not the fault of the Conservative Party that so many Post Offices have been so disgracefully closed.
You’ll soon be our PM, David, and I just can’t wait!

Comment by Tanya Headley on November 19, 2009 at 6:22 pm

It would be lovely to be valued, instead of treated like rubbish because I am disabled.

The worry I have is that my home will be taken away from me, because if Labour cuts my benefits, I won’t be able to afford to pay my household bills, feed myself, or have prescriptions.

Yet, the government can bail out greedy banks, and send billions of pounds abroad, so that they will look good. Yet, it can’t look after their own people in this country.

I have begged to work from home, because I can’t go out to work due to my illness. Yet, no one will give me a chance, so I am in a catch 22 situation, and I will be needing a cardboard box soon.

Comment by jim on November 19, 2009 at 6:23 pm

vote UKIP…stuff the common market..we do not care what Dave thinks because he does not care what we think.Just like the other mob really.

Comment by roy bullock on November 19, 2009 at 6:26 pm

Sorry as a Leader of a Conservative council your right to buy communityfacilities is a mad idea and will cause untold problems at a local lev and is a distraction I do not want. I want to know how my government funding is going to be effected from 2011 to 2014 by the actions of a possible elelcted Conservative government not the trivia of this announcement

Comment by Dave Robinson on November 19, 2009 at 6:31 pm

The EU is getting above itself
Scrapping DLA will cause untold misery
Education Initiatives are just plain barmy

Labours database culture and control freakery poses not only an unacceptable threat to our privacy – but to NATIONAL SECUIRTY!!!

This government has lost the plot – rich, poor or in between – we’ll all suffer from the long term unintended consequences of their batty ideas and their desperate battle to cling on to power…

The sooner we have the election the better.

Comment by Ian Ferguson on November 19, 2009 at 6:35 pm

I really believed that David Cameron was going to stand up to Europe and defend British interests.Totally wrong. I wont make the same mistake again

Comment by E Grace on November 19, 2009 at 6:36 pm

I have watched you Mr Cameron and been impressed with you thus far, you will address issues ‘others’ seem scared of tackling and I would ask you to look at CAFCASS and how its run and the quality of work they do. I would lay money that if CAFCASS did not refer so many cases of Women being unfit parents to Social Services because they suffer from Anxiety and worry due to Domestic Violence and Abuse the SS would have a better name in this Country and would be able to really help those children who are our future, their time is better spent dealing with REAL abuse like for example Baby P, a totally needless death and probably due to the overwork of the SS, check their caseloads find out what they were working on its not necessarily incompetence its probably more like their time taken up dealing with unnecessary cases referred to them by CAFCASS. You have to be on the frontline here to see the obvious mistakes that are being made and needless and so easy to change, childrens lives are being destroyed and their rights removed because its far easier to take them away from loving mothers/parents than deal with the devastation of Domestic Violence, many are removed from loving mothers who have systematically been abused whilst these poor innocent children watch. The population of this Country are beginning to hate the Country they live in and with changes like this and other really logical changes it would make being British something to be proud of again. There are major issues in the press with adopting and fostering at the moment, have a look and see how many of these stem from a referral from CAFCASS to SS when really the mothers have been abused severely and need support not further abuse them by taking their kids away. CAFCASS HAVE to be retrained and quickly, OFSTED are failing nearly every area in the UK yet nothing seems to be done, an enquiry has to be initiated and the reasons why CAFCASS are failing should be brought to light.

An example for you, a mother is systematically hit, raped, screamed at and left day to day pennyless all of which the children watch and is affected by, she gets the courage to leave the abuser, the abuser then takes her to court for access to the children, the mother explains her fears, she is then Psychologically tested and deemed too full of anxiety to look after the children and they are taken from her and handed over to the abusive parent??? Where is the justice??? All they had to do was Psychologically assess the father, give him anger management/regular drug/alcohol tests, prove to the mother the abuse will not carry on with the children and she settles down, dont take the kids away from her……. HELP HER!! I promise you this is happening daily in this country but gagging orders prevent people from talking about it but we all know and are disgusted by it.

Listen to the people that support you Mr Cameron its why we vote for you, so you can make a difference on our behalf.

Comment by Doug Prewer on November 19, 2009 at 6:39 pm

Forget all the waffle deal with Europe

Comment by Andy on November 19, 2009 at 6:43 pm

By her majesty’s next speech, I hope that on top of everyone else’s opinions you also listen to the voices of the next generation:

http://www.theteensspeech.org.uk

Comment by panagiotis pitsiougas on November 19, 2009 at 6:47 pm

yes David,situation has gone out of range globally,mind Greece,masonians try to create a real 2012,yhey try to impose our ever ynlike materialism,Palace is with you,I am with you…

Comment by Rt. Revd. Anthony Earl-Williams on November 19, 2009 at 6:48 pm

The EU is not “getting above itself” (see above); it has been “above itself” for two decades.
A vote for David Cameron is a vote to repatriate some powers, whatever the dispute entails. Thank you, David, for placing our MEPs with the eminently sensible and moderately right-of-centre Czech ODS, the mainstream Czech Conservative Party so maligned by socialists and liberals here (and elsewhere) who know absolutely nothing about Czech politics.
As for the quip from the above UKIP supporter, all I can say is “Vote UKIP and get Labour” which is, of course, exactly what the devious people who control UKIP want!
We need rational and reasoned Euroscepticism which only the Conservative Party can provide.

Comment by Dave U on November 19, 2009 at 6:50 pm

You can go on all you like, but for me it continues to be ..’no referendum- NO VOTE’.
You have to admit that your concept that you will change things within Europe are pure pie in the sky. We have been denied a referendum by that traitor Brown, you must stand up to undo this traversty of justice.
Give us a referendum and you will have a landslide. Fail to do so and you will remain in opposition. Mark my words.

Comment by Peter Jones on November 19, 2009 at 7:00 pm

How to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Your refusal to hold a referendum did just that with regard to the next election. You can fanny around with all the excuses you want, but it wasnt Gordons country to give away but you can give us a say on if we want it back or not. You will only get my vote back if you do this and also make it happen that we never get an unelected person to run this country again.

Comment by kevin souter on November 19, 2009 at 7:01 pm

David, have you completely forgotten your promise to deal with our feelings re europe?? you must get us out of this mess that the thieving bunch in parliament have have denied us. i would like your honest answer, please.

Comment by David Kaye on November 19, 2009 at 7:01 pm

As Gordon Brown considers all you have to do overcome the debt crisis is to pass a law without saying how it is to be achieved, then why not pass a similar law banning all crime within the next 4 years! It’s so brilliant I’m suprised nobody has come up with it before!

Comment by Keith Mackman on November 19, 2009 at 7:11 pm

The situation to be inherited by the new administration after the general election can be viewed as much as an opportunity as a problem. The electorate will be giving the new government a mandate to do what needs to be done and what is desperately required is a concerted attack on the bloated public sector.

Every quango should be informed that the days of milk and honey are over, big financial packages for the boards will be slashed. The BBC should explain quite why over 100 of their executives apparently merit a higher salary than the Prime Minister.

The public sector pension time bomb can similarly be defused by requiring the recipients to accept sensible reforms, why should inflation-proofed pensions be available at comparatively young ages to those who have not made commensurate contributions? The canard about public sector pay disparity has been comprehensively refuted, many administrators particularly earn amounts that are out of synch with reality. If, as they so regularly claim, the high salaries are necessary to prevent an exodus to the private sector then I am happy to take a chance on such an exodus and I confidently predict that a 20% cut in a swathe of public sector salaries whilst it might raise a lot of protests would not result in a migration to private sector sinecures.

Be radical David, the gangrenous relics of the past rotten decade or so need to be excised with some degree of brutality. Bear in mind that Brown and his clown army have ridden rough-shod over tradition purely for reasons of political dogma and a contempt for that which he cannot understand. Hence the attack on the Army regimental structure, the sale of gold reserves, the endless petty rules aimed at Middle England and the middle classes. Brown likes to talk about ‘hard working families’ but he has fostered a generation of unemployed youngsters and a bloated sector of unproductive and unnecessary public sector employment funded by a dwindling manufacturing base and a discredited financial services sector.

The latest Queens Speech was the final throw of the die for Brown: naturally it was partisan, vindictive and fundamentally flawed but at least the man is consistent.

It is good that the Conservatives are not exhibiting complacency about the coming election, that would be lethal to us but I confidently make two predictions. Firstly that the Conservatives come to power with a good majority, sweeping away trash like Balls, Smith, Straw, Harman, Darling and the like. Secondly, unlike John Major in 1997, Brown has nothing to sustain him outside politics and I believe that he will be unable to cope with the scale of the defeat for Labour and his culpability. There is no natural progression to the Lords for this oaf and his native Scotland view him with contempt so no political renaissance there. I suggest that a spell in a clinic will become inevitable, Brown does not handle stress or failure with noticeable aplomb.

Comment by Col John Parkes on November 19, 2009 at 7:12 pm

I am over 70 and receiving a war disablement pension. I have signed the petition that seeks support for better treatment of those who are either civilian or former military and who are in similar circumstances. I am perfectly certain that there will be many much worse off than I am; but they will not, in some cases, understand the excessively complicated system they must use to claim the appropriate benefits ; and they may well lack the help and advice that they need to do so. Any new plan to reduce their entitlement should be resisted.
The present government lacks the ideas, ability and energy to continue in office and the sooner they go the better. I just hope that they will not be allowed to succeed in the apparent `scorched earth` approach, which they now seem to have adopted so as to leave behind desolation and ruin.
As to the economy, I understand that most of the money they are printing to use for `quantitive easing` is in fact being spent buying government debt . This is scandalous. and it seems to me that it is hitting the taxpayer twice . This money should be used for what it was intended; to help finance business during the recession.
Tally ho, Tories! Now is your time.

Comment by FRONTERAMAN on November 19, 2009 at 7:15 pm

Sorry Mr Cameron, but you are just like all the other polititians past and present, full of hot air. Niether you or any of your colleages from any other party can change the decline of this country, simply because you all support the same corrupt institutions that are the root cause of it in the first place. I refer to the banks and financial companies. You know the ones that loose our pension funds, use british tax payers money to invest in companies abroad instead of at home, pay savers 3% but charge borrowers 9-15%, pay their branch staff the minimum wage and their execs millions. Several things you need to do to get my vote and Im a Conservative. Drop the likes of Natwest and Lloyds TSB on their ar**s. Pull our troops out of Afganistan. Stop harping on about global warming and the enviroment as this is just another con trick that companies like EDF and others are using to rip us of for more money. Cut all ties with Europe and their stupid rules and laws, we would be far better off by becoming part of the USA at least they where on our side in the two world wars.

Comment by ian wragg on November 19, 2009 at 7:16 pm

The Queens speech was irrelevent as will be your government after your treacherous climbdown on Europe.
Your entire manifeso will be ridiculed as your word is of no value.
Yes, I normally vote Tory. Not any more

Comment by Margaret Anderton on November 19, 2009 at 7:17 pm

Re: Government contracts going to the companies with the best ratio of women and ethnic content.

Would someone please explain how a business in a predominately white area would be able to compete against a company within a mainly ethnic area.

Comment by Miguel M on November 19, 2009 at 7:22 pm

Why should we believe a word from David Cameron who has, just like the others, gone back on his word to give us a referendum on Europe?
Also he has been very soft on the expenses racket particularly with cronies like Bill Wiggin.
Finally it is a grotesque distortion of the democratic process to impose female only short lists on constituency associations. I have been a tory voter all my life but, I am afraid, regard Dvid Cameron as just another Tony Blair, grinning and glad- handing his way to power. He wants office, no doubt about that, a pity he has next to no Tory policies.

Comment by Phil Johnson on November 19, 2009 at 7:23 pm

David you say, “community right-to-buy”, which in principle is a clever idea…but….who in their right mind would want to buy a pub in this day and age? Haven’t you noticed that more than 4,000 have been forced to close thanks to the worst and most illiberal law ever passed by any Parliament. Should the Conservative Party look to reform the smoking ban so that people have choice (licensees included) then I would most certainly consider buying a pub. After all David, 68% of regular drinkers/customers are smokers-and that’s why the promised millions of “new drinkers” never arrived after July 1st, 2007! You want votes and a clear majority next May, then offer the olive branch to smokers. Just think how much revenue they will be happy to give you over the next 15 years of power!

Comment by Kate W on November 19, 2009 at 7:29 pm

Oh good. Because right-to-buy council houses worked out, like, really well, right?

Comment by R Pitcher on November 19, 2009 at 7:33 pm

David afaid you made a blunder when you barged in on the local constituency decision regarding its candidate. Also why promise a Lisbon referndum knowing you could’nt deliver.

Comment by Roy Chamberlain on November 19, 2009 at 7:33 pm

“Local control” didnt work too well in Norfolk against the central office bully boys did it ?

Community bidding ? where does Mr C expect they will get the money. Volunteers to run services ? Whay do we pay outrageous taxes to central and Local Government for ? Another half baked attempt to fob off the real issues.
The more Mr Cameron speaks the more I am sure my decision to defect from the Conservatives is the correct one.
Turnip Taliban against Central Dictators.

Comment by R Pitcher on November 19, 2009 at 7:35 pm

David your climb down on the Lisbon Treaty will gift many votes to UKIP. WELL DONE

Comment by jean adams on November 19, 2009 at 7:38 pm

David I HOPE and PRAY that you and the gConservative party win the next election soonest rather than later. As our rights are being trampled on every day by labour party especially the mean treatment that is heaped upon our brave servicemen and women

Comment by Brian on November 19, 2009 at 7:48 pm

The Queen’s speech was obviously simply a political exercise. Please challenge the government on the penalties which will apply if the level of debt is NOT reduved by half, will it be a massive fine, a prison term or disqualification from public office for life. With regar to priorities if you get to form the next government I would suggest :
1. Sort out the electoral system pdq. You will probably have to have another election within a short time. Bring about uniform constituency size, that is a must. You may have to trade off PR for the House of Lord’s to get Lib support. Also keep the Scots, Welsh etc from voting on matters which do not affect their constituents.
2. Tke a hard line with Europe. they will not want to lose our contribution. You have a powerful weapon if you really want to use it. But I am mindful of the fact that the majority of treaties giving away our sovereignty have been signed by Tory PMs.
3. Demonstrate how you are going to get our finances back in order after the terrible years under Brown. Make it clear that HE is responsible for aour problems.
4. Show how your are going to cut back government and the associated `civil’ servants. 10% of MPs being made redundant is just a token, nowhere near enough.
5. Look at history. When local communities were allowed to take responsibility things got done, and done very well.

Comment by Julian Pilcher on November 19, 2009 at 7:49 pm

Please put the European Question to the electorate. You have lost immense support on the Lisbon Treaty because you didnt follow up your broken promise with the promise of an alternative Referendum.

Comment by Mike Howard on November 19, 2009 at 7:54 pm

Dear Mr.Cameron,
After last nights pointless and boring history lesson on socialism by the Labour Party, tonights ppb was refreshing interesting and above all contained some new ideas.The community buy out of failing local services is a brilliant one and sure to win us votes,We need a lot of votes to win the neext election and more ideas like this will be required. Well done! Keep up the good work!.

Comment by Dr V Subramanian on November 19, 2009 at 8:01 pm

1. community right to buy is novel and would work on small purchases. Community may not be that rich to buy, say, land which council is planning to sell to developers or NHS moving hospital facilities to meet with the whims of the managers for book balancing without hardships caused to the public.

2. regarding his promise about referandum in the future issues pertaining to EU, as long as he has Ken Clarke in the main team this would never happen and he would have to mince his words again and agin till he gets rid of him.

Comment by Rt. Revd. Anthony Earl-Williams on November 19, 2009 at 8:05 pm

To say that a man’s “word is of no value” is possibly libellous. I doubt that the above person does vote Conservative. We must wish him joy as he votes for some minority group which will merely help to put Labour in again.
There has been no “treacherous climb down” on Europe. Mr. Cameron is in no position to hold a referendum on a treaty which will be enshrined already in European law. The Lisbon Treaty allows that a country could leave the EU and, yes, we could hold a referendum on just that. We should, to settle the issue once and for all. But powers could be repatriated – common sense and reason are needed, not spite and rhetoric. Our destiny is surely as part of an open, free-trading European Common Market.The person(above) who accuses Mr. Cameron of treachery ought to be mindful of libel laws.

Comment by jenny on November 19, 2009 at 8:06 pm

At the moment, all Labour is concerned with is trying to control our lives. I agree that we need to be able to do things and be able to make decisions for ourselves.
I am quite discusted that they are trying to rush laws through which will infringe on our right to privacy. Parents bring up children, not the state. We need to change from that way of thinking.

Comment by David mcgowan on November 19, 2009 at 8:08 pm

And what happens when the building insurance is due and no one coughs up in theory its a great idea but when it goes wrong who will he responsible for the clean-up. As to Europe… We should cut all ties and deal with them on our terms. As a net importer we would be fine… In or out is the question everyone (except parliament) is asking

Comment by Andy on November 19, 2009 at 8:14 pm

Bring our brave soldiers home soon & reduce VAT on fuel

Comment by Sue Hudson on November 19, 2009 at 8:20 pm

What we actually need is a curtailment on spending all round. For example, I’d love to be able to buy a property, or rent one from the council, but any council properties in my area, Bayswater, Westminster, are full of asylum-seekers, who I am paying for by my hard-earned taxes. Having frequently seen you cycling to work, I know that you know that there is a problem with council housing being occupied by non-British people.

With regard to spending, we also need to stand up to the EU. Britain gives billions to the EU, and yet, as far as I can see, gets nothing out of it – so why are we pouring money into the bottomless pit that is the EU?

At the same time, the EU’s accounts have been unaudited for many years – something which would be unthinkable for any normal company. Britain’s contributions should be suspended until audited accounts are received; and why shouldn’t the money be spent in Britain?

As far as other spending cuts go, when are politicians going to realise that the majority of the British people, although we are a charitable lot, are fed-up with giving money to corrupt dictatorships in Africa and the like? We want our money spent in Britain, on the British people.

Another thing is that we are not interested in equality for equality’s sake, but we ARE interested in getting the best person for the job, whether they be a white British male, or a female Inuit!

Finally, we would all appreciate it if every political party stopped playing the “green card”; we all want to save money, so are happy to recycle and insulate our properties, but why does no politician ever admit that the main problem is that the world is over-populated, and that is the problem?

Please, Mr Cameron, stop pandering to the Greens, various political and ethnic minorities, and the EU, and you just might just get into Downing Street – all the average British taxpayer wants are the three basics: house, health care and (being able to afford) holidays.

Comment by Petr Woodward on November 19, 2009 at 8:23 pm

or Queen and Country’

Comment by lorna lancaster on November 19, 2009 at 8:23 pm

1. Does “Community Right to Buy” include house sales? So far as I am aware, there is nothing to stop locals buying houses now, except lack of money. However, they will always be up against the “buy to letters” who can set mortgage interest against the rental income for tax purposes so there is not a level playing field. Homeowners used to be able to do the same till the Tories abolished mortgage interest relief which I think was a mistake. What is the point of enabling people to buy their Council houses if you make it impossible for ordinary people to own their own homes? Surely it must make sense for as many people as possible to own their own homes so that they are not having to fork out for increasing rentals and claim benefits in their old age, especially now pensions are going down the plughole.

2. Haven’t Labour denied that their plans for free home care will be funded by universally scrapping DLA etc? Aren’t they saying that only those who are in receipt of the free care will lose their allowances which seems reasonable in view of the fact that the allowance is supposed to be for personal care anyway. One can’t expect to be funded twice over. I certainly think it is grossly unfair that those who are afflicted with a prolonged illness requiring maximum care should have to lose all their assets to pay for it, whereas those who have a swift demise should be left with their assets to pass to the next generation. Conservative plans for an insurance scheme would seem to address this quite well.

3) I can’t see how there has been a volte face re the referendum on the European Treaty. I always understood Cameron to be saying that if they got elected before it was ratified he would have a referendum but that has happened before the election so it would now be pointless. I think he will have an uphill struggle to reclaim the powers as he aims to do, but no harm in trying, and it is Labour we should blame for giving so much away.

4) Has it ever been established that anyone from Conservative Central Office reads this blog or are we all wasting our time huffing and puffing here?

Comment by Alan Haywood on November 19, 2009 at 8:24 pm

I am both astonished and furious, that David Cameron has threatened the folks in Norfolk, that unless they agree to accept a parachuted in conservative candidate, he will provide them with a list of candidates which may not be so popular. HOW DARE he and central office dictate to regional conservatives who they will or will not put forward as their prospective MP. Cameron does not own the party – he should remember that. I feel he has hyjacked the true conservative party, just as Blair hyjacked the true labour party. We need to get back to grass roots andf that will never happen under David Cameron.
I want my referendum Mr Cameron, as do millions of British subjects. We will always hold you to this – we will never forget!

Comment by Mike Stallard on November 19, 2009 at 8:25 pm

We trust you – just like we trusted “our Tony”.
Do not let us down.

Comment by derek bryant on November 19, 2009 at 8:32 pm

What we need is a fairer society,why do MPs need a £40,000 pay rise when basic state pensioners have to live on £5000 a year???
DEREK

Comment by Linora Bennet on November 19, 2009 at 8:37 pm

Agreeing with Phil Johnson above re smoking – what is the Conservatives’ view? Nigel Farage is favourite – although I’ve never before voted anything but Conservative AND a hung parliament is not something we look forward to – because he is pro grown-ups making their own decisions. We smokers know how much we contribute towards the NHS in taxes.

Comment by jim on November 19, 2009 at 8:38 pm

what are you going to say about another person running europe who has never had a proper job working for a living.(Baroness Ashford)

Comment by Peter Bolt on November 19, 2009 at 8:40 pm

Studley Warks : (John Maples Constituency) did something similar many years ago. It has worked well .
The local Needle Factory (ENTACO) closed down. The Parish Council purchased the eports ground (inc Social Club) and still continue to run it. I am certain the Parish Clerk can provideyou with the details.

Comment by Paul Orchard on November 19, 2009 at 8:54 pm

Another wasted opportunity balh blah Labour didnt do this blah blah….. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO DAVID? Stop Stop Stop telling us what labour isnt doing and give us some policies.

Comment by Paul Orchard on November 19, 2009 at 9:05 pm

And ask Gordon the moron at the next PMQ if when VAT rises in January will he be taking opff the 2.5pence duty that he put on to replace VAT when it was cut. The transport Industry in this country had to stomach that 2.5p increase as they werent able to claim back the duty as they can with VAT. Now I fear the 2.5p will go on and thats another shafting for one of the most important industries in this country. And what is your transport policy? I know your a bit of a tree hugger so I despair at what policies you might have, when you get round to having policies. Will you be pushing up the price of petrol as well? Soon only old etonians will be on the roads while all the oiks doff thier caps as you and boris go by in your goverment jags. Everything that is sold in our shops have to go on the road to be transported sometime. Pushing up the price of fuel only pushes up inflation and means less for the decent honest people struggling to make ends meet. People who need cars to move elderly relatives about. People who live in rural areas who have to travel as Mandy has closed thier post office. David, if you dont look out for the ordinary man. You will have a revolution on your hands. If you try and mess with the BBC and follow the dirty diggers orders you will have a revolution on your hands. If you forget that people want real change for the benifit of the majority, if you dont sort out immigration and REDUCE the population of this country, you might well find yourself cowering in Westminister while the angry crowd gathers. You have two months. Two months to prove we can trust you. Two months to scrap quangos, reduce state interference in our lives, two months to get rid of all the hangers on, two months to obliterate all the gender and race awarness nonsense that blights our lives. When you get there, to Number !0, remember WHY you are there. We will be watching closely. Beware you relationship with the dirty digger. Leave the BBC online content alone. Dont become his play thing. You have been warned.

Comment by Edgar Stavers on November 19, 2009 at 9:10 pm

The time will come when citizens of this country riot against the unelected eurocrats who will foist all sorts of taxes and other things on our way of life. Do the right thing for the country of your birth and give us our pride back with a simple vote on whether we stay in or get out of Europe.

Comment by Roger on November 19, 2009 at 9:12 pm

Once again the socialists are bribing the electorate with money they do not have and cannot deliver just as they have done throughout their office. Only now most people have rumbled the fraudsters. Lay into them David!

Comment by Roger on November 19, 2009 at 9:18 pm

Edgar

Dont worry

If your name is Herman (dont mention the war) Rumpy Pumpy whose going to take a blind bit of notice of you?

Comment by M. Coates. on November 19, 2009 at 9:19 pm

The people of this country want an honest MP one who loves this land of ours, and delivers what he promises, but it seems to me, and every other voter that they are now non exsistant. All they are in the job for is to feather their nest, defraud the tax payer,and act like children in a playground whilst supposedly debating the fate of the nation in parliament. It seems like non of the three main parties can be trusted to sort out the problems of Britain,so maybe its time to vote UKIP at least they seem to know what has to be done to get our country back on track.

Comment by Octavius Souris on November 19, 2009 at 9:20 pm

How pretty the deck chairs look when put in tidy rows on the decks of the Titanic ! Land Ahoy!!!! or is it another Iceberg ??? Come on… get a grip of the real problems we face, and stop inventing new ones!

Comment by Paul Orchard on November 19, 2009 at 9:27 pm

Roger! (November 19, 2009 at 9:12 pm )
Socialist? Where? I havent seen one of them since the early 90′s! Not outside of Brussels anyway. There is no socialism in New Labour, just corruption and greed. Oh and a dodgy moral compass that keep spinning round. As there will be in the next Conservatice government. At least when there were Socialist in Labour, they had some decent parliamentary MPs who were there to benefit their constituents and not line thier pockets. Dave Nellist, Tony Benn. Decent people. HOnest. Dave Nesllist never even took the full salary of an MP only the average os what his consituents earnt. Which was why he couldnt afford to shave or get a decent suit probably. But at least they honest straight people. Thats whats missing from modern politics. Principled people. Not like David selling his soul to the devil (murdoch) in return for his help him getting elected. The whole thing stinks. I would rather Maggie took over. Whatever her health and mental state.

Comment by Paul Orchard on November 19, 2009 at 9:29 pm

Sorry for my typos above. I’m having a rant, spelling goes out of the window. Like the honourable (sic) member for Kirkcaldy should.

Comment by Simon North on November 19, 2009 at 9:44 pm

What will your government do for people like me? Read my blog it seems any government wants to make me poorer.

http://disabledpersonsblog.blogspot.com/

Comment by Jim on November 19, 2009 at 9:48 pm

If the Conservatives win the coming election, will Dave change his title from Prime Minister to EU Area 6 Spokesperson.

Why does he castigate the Labour party or make any promises of what he will do? His role will be to be in charge of a party continuing to enforce EU regulations.

The Tory party has had my guaranteed vote for 50 years. That guarantee no longer exists. It is now to any party that wants us out of the EU.

A war without bullets started in 1951 by the Treaty of Paris. We did know it was a war. Lisbon finalised the war. We signed the new Armistice as the defeated.

Comment by charlie clark on November 19, 2009 at 9:53 pm

Ok but a little bit too white..looks like a pretty standard room full of the people you might expect to vote Conservative. Would like to have seen him with an unexpected group of people.

Comment by Malcolm Earp on November 19, 2009 at 9:55 pm

Addressed directly to David Cameron…
David I welcome your ‘Town hall’ meetings… how about taking it further? Throughout the country there are 1.000′s of people with good ideas to help fix our broken country. Why not have regional ‘Political Dragon’s Dens’ with the best ideas being put forward centrally for consideration…

Comment by Graham Willard on November 19, 2009 at 10:04 pm

David you must give the people a vote no the EU, you must know if you read the papers that the majority of the public are asking for one, other wise you willsee a lot of your votes going to UKIP

Comment by L Porter on November 19, 2009 at 10:12 pm

Yes, its very nice to see decentralisation and local empowermet back on the agenda….but then there’s the biggest centralisation “elephant in the room”; the EU
And that’s before we get to the community destroying Globalisation that you seem so fond of
Whatever happened to conservatism that puts, and protects, our nation first….and not internationalist big business or quasi-socialist superstates?

Comment by Marian Warren on November 19, 2009 at 10:17 pm

You UKIP lot really take the biscuit I feel. If your leaders are so “holy” why do they sponge off the E.U. in the first place. D.C. take no account of these people they are simply suckers taken in by wicked feudalists. The Leaders of UKIP do not fool us.
If they meant a word of it they would resign their plum jobs at the European parliament. That they draw a decent wage there (not that they need it) shows how cynical they really are.

Comment by Ian Springham on November 19, 2009 at 10:18 pm

Given the Prime Minister’s stolid yet rather lacklustre recent performance, the Party should be coming up something new, rather than this blue-rinsed pseudo-anarcho-syndicalist set of apologies for policies.
Mr Cameron had every chance to show himself as something more than an effete opportunist fop on this morning’s Radio 4 interview, but was left face-down in the dirt, eating handfuls of his own empty utterances. Such was the humiliation suffered that I was forced to switch off the wireless as he begged not to be asked another tough questions that required appropriate response and attempted to wriggle out of those he was forced to face. A totally unedifying experience.
Just because Mr Brown may not have done well recently in the popular mind, there is no reason to suppose, based on his public performances, that Mr Cameron could or would serve the country any better. There must be someone better suited in the Party to face the challenges ahead.

Comment by Tony on November 19, 2009 at 10:33 pm

Good to see you’ve got your priorities right Dave!

Bringing in new legislation to allow communities to buy their own community centres and buildings (and in doing so, putting themselves, and their own homes, at risk when they are sued for some breach of Health & Safety Regs) is hardly a main consideration or priority in my book! This is just another gimmick like your ‘hug a hoody’ debacle!

What you should be addressing are the serious issues:
a) When you are going to bring our lads and lassies back from unjust wars in Iraq and Afghanistan;
b) When you will give the good citizens of the UK a chance to vote on the Lisbon Treaty or a vote to see whether we actually want to be part of the EU;
C) What enforcement legislation you will be bringing in to alleviate any further sleaze from within Westminister.

I am just starting to see the light. You are no better than Blair with your smooth-talking rhetoric. I have been a Conservative voter for almost 40 years, but no more. It’s UKIP for me from now on!

Comment by Richard Garland on November 19, 2009 at 10:33 pm

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They say the EU divides the Tories – only because some within the Conservatives rightly question it rather than sign up to everything as Labour have done.

BUT it is too important to be left to the Politicians. It affects Sovereignty, tax payments, defence and a whole host of other parts of our daily life.

Dave – have a plebiscite/referendum following a period of informed debate. Shrug your shoulders – say it is for the people to decide not politicians – and avoid any damaging infighting.

You will go up in even Labour Voters estimations with this move – you will give people what Labour promised and underhandedly withdrew.

And don’t worry about us voting out of the club – think of that extra £40M a day – and we could do a Norway with our Fish !!!

Comment by Stephen on November 19, 2009 at 10:49 pm

I was invited to comment here on Mr Cameron’s email – so here goes.

What is the point in arguing for more local control over our lives when our politicians have handed over national control to the unelected commissioners in the EU (SSR?). Now people like me have a choice, we continue to support the Tory party, as I’ve done for 34 years at every election, or we do something else (while it is still legal) about getting back the control that our politicians gave away so freely to the commissars. I believe you can beat Labour, and I would normally rejoice in that, but I don’t now believe you want to take back the control, or even halt the flow of control to Brussels. So, good luck and goodnight.

Stephen.

Comment by Rogerio F Albuquerque on November 19, 2009 at 11:22 pm

We need to know what is gonna hapen with the planet´s environment and what Mr Cameron will be able to do.

Comment by norman hall on November 19, 2009 at 11:34 pm

Mr Cameron , you can waffle on all you like. But by refusing to allow the British people, as promised, a chance to vote on the EU, you stand in the footprints of Tony Bliar and Brown. Surely, you must realise that as PM of the UK everthing that you may or may not do will have to be approved by our masters in the EU. This is the last tiime I will take part in this “blog” as I am going to unsubscribe. Mr Cameron, cometh the hour cometh the man. You could have gone down in history as brave and influental as Churchill or Thatcher. Instead you have proved to be as devious and untrustworthy as Nu Labour leaders and it cannot get worse than that. Cameron you are a disgrace.

Comment by barbara clark on November 19, 2009 at 11:57 pm

David, how about letting us buy Douglas House NHS home for severely disabled adults in Bournemouth, Dorset, instead of letting Labour close what is a wonderful, caring, safe home from our relatives. ‘Valuing People’ talks of giving people choice. Where is the choice for our relatives to remain in their home, and not be evicted into the community. Fine for those who can make choices, our relatives can’t, we have to make it for them, but it seems under Labour we have no choice. Please act on this. You are probably our only hope!

Comment by Tony on November 20, 2009 at 12:10 am

This is my second reply on this blog, and like Norman Hall above, it will be my last. I don’t believe that anyone in the upper hierachy of the Conservative Party actually reads the comments or even gives a damn about what the public think.

It is such a shame that Dave has renaged on giving us a vote on the Lisbon Treaty – despite his lame excuse of it being already ratified. I actually believe that the Conservatives would have walked the next election with a gigantic majority if only they had the guts to keep their promise. However, I suspect that Labour will now get in again as a lot of Conservative voters (like me) will be going with UKIP.

So, it’s another 5 years of Labour, and the Conservative Party under the smarmy leadership of Dave has missed a big opportunity!

I have resigned myself in not voting Conservatives now… and I’ve now unsubscribed from this pointless blog exercise in writing to people who don’t read what has been written, don’t answer what has been raised or don’t want to listen to the UK electorate!

Comment by Jonathan Wheeler on November 20, 2009 at 12:18 am

Good move on the local people having the right to purchase their own facilities. I like the idea of returning power to the community.
There are a LOT of off-topic messages being sent on this site. Some of them a just weird! lol
Anyway, good luck with the forthcoming election…I hope you get that huge swing you need.

Comment by Jonathan Wheeler on November 20, 2009 at 12:24 am

Just been looking at the previous two blogs above mine (dunno if there are any more of them or not). It seems to me that these bloggers (Norman and Tony, is it?) just have no grasp of reality. Let me try and explain something…EVERYBODY in Europe has ratified the Lisbon Treaty! It’s TOO LATE for Britain to cast a vote. Brown signed us up for it, and everybody else has signed up too. What do these people want us to do now, run in and shout that it was a mistake and we didn’t mean it? Wake up and smell the coffee, please.
Deciding to vote UKIP (and thereby let Labour back in to power) is worse than stupid, to be honest. Such petulant behaviour will result in serious damage to the people of this country. What ages are these people? Unless they apologise, I am gonna throw all my toys outta the pram AND I will hold my breath until I die!

Comment by Brian on November 20, 2009 at 12:57 am

To Jonathan Wheeler – we can still have a referendum on “in or out”.

If we stay in does it matter that much who controls Westminster as they will have very little power.

Comment by Brian on November 20, 2009 at 12:59 am

Taking up an earlier comment – are these comments read, David?

Comment by Robert Newman on November 20, 2009 at 6:46 am

As someone has already said Mr Cameron, first jobs , first.
A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to WorldWar> >>> II,> >>> owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many> >>> German> >>> people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitudetoward> >>> fanaticism. ‘Very few people were true Nazis,’ he said, ‘but many> >>> enjoyed> >>> the> >>> return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one> >>> of> >>> those> >>> who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majorityjust> >>> sat> >>> back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us,and> >>> we had> >>> lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost> >>> everything. I> >>> ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed myfactories.’> >>>> >>> We are told again and again by ‘experts’ and ‘talkingheads’> >>> that> >>> Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims> >>> just want> >>> to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, itis> >>> entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel> >>> better, and> >>> meant to somehow diminish the spectre of fanatics rampaging across the> >>> globe in> >>> the name of Islam.> >>>> >>> The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in> >>> history.> >>> It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of50> >>> shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematicallyslaughter> >>> Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking> >>> over the> >>> entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb,> >>> behead,> >>> murder, or honor-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after> >>> mosque. It> >>> is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape> >>> victims> >>> and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill andto> >>> become> >>> suicide bombers.> >>>> >>> The hard quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority,> >>> the ‘silent majority,’ is cowed and extraneous. Communist Russia was> >>> comprised> >>> of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the RussianCommunists> >>> were> >>> responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful> >>> majority> >>> were irrelevant.> >>>> >>> China’s huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese> >>> Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.> >>>> >>> The average Japanese individual prior to World War II wasnot> >>> a> >>> warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its wayacross> >>> South> >>> East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of> >>> 12> >>> million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.> >>>> >>> And, who can forget Rwanda, which collapsed into butchery.> >>> Could it> >>> not be said that the majority of Rwandans were ‘peace loving’?> >>>> >>> History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet> >>> for> >>> all> >>> our powers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of> >>> points:> >>> Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.> >>> Peace-loving> >>> Muslims will become our enemy if they don’t speak up, because like my> >>> friend> >>> from Germany, they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own> >>> them, and> >>> the end of their world will have begun. Peace-loving Germans,Japanese,> >>> Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians,> >>> Somalis,> >>> Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful> >>> majority> >>> did not speak up until it was too late.> >>>> >>> As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to> >>> the> >>> only group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our way of life.> >>>> >>> Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious andjust> >>> deletes this email without sending it on, is contributing to the> >>> passiveness> >>> that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send> >>> this on> >>> and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world wide, read this and> >>> think> >>> about it, and send it on – before it’s too late

Comment by John on November 20, 2009 at 7:35 am

SO, the Disability Living Allowance for the over 65s will be protected, but those under that age, that also have a physical or mental disability will be forced to work or likely become homeless due to lack of benefit entitlements.

CAMERON, we know a Tory Government will force unwell over 50’s into a low paid tax giving job and that you LIKE Brown will spend millions of taxpayers money on the illegal, immoral, futile wasteful war in Afghanistan while here at home our people sleep in the streets and thousands of families live in miserable poverty for the want of some of that wasted money on wars.

LIKE Brown, you are all for foreigners’ rights and benefits and the people WILL be the poorer for a Tory Government. If we have to suffer due to the debt of our country then we cannot afford costly war but if you give millions to war, then sir, you ought to give to ALL the people that are truly unwell for you ought not to support illegal war while not supporting ALL our genuine sick and not just the over 65s.

Comment by Frank on November 20, 2009 at 8:58 am

Sorry,but the response to Gordon Brown’s defence of his Queen’s speech was very weak from the Tory leader. There is too much concentration on trying to rubbish the Government on everything they have done since 1997.We need clear cut policies to be outlined. Some well chosen pithy sentences could reduce the Labour cronies to shrinking violets. What has happened to the masterly performances we once saw in the Commons from the likes of the late Ian Mcleod et al. I am afraid my vote will have to go to UKIP unless there is a big change from Cameron and his team

Comment by philip bowen on November 20, 2009 at 9:06 am

Buy a council house, half of these people have never paid any rent and now they can buy their council house at a knock down rate, pathetic. What about pensions, what about immigrants taking our taxes, what about criminal politicians fiddling, what about going back 10 years and seeing what our recent politicians fiddled. Cameron you will do nothing for me like all before you. Bring on the BNP to shock you lot into doing something for Joe in the street. Put me down as a maybe!!!

Comment by Diane on November 20, 2009 at 9:14 am

Well Mr Cameron,
Coming from a strong Labour constituancy – and as a stauch labourite for all of my voting life – brought up in a family of Labour supporters – and having worked in Heath for all my working life – which has kept me voting Labour at each election.

I’ve read your policies, with interest – I don’t agree with them all and I’d also like to see our troops come home – unlike in Mrs Thatchers days – wars I’m afraid don’t win votes.

Our youngsters have a very tight social network – and they are better at communicating their thoughts than I ever was as a teenager – government needs to listen to the young the vulnerable and the old – and those who care for them – those of us in mid life can usually take care of ourselves.

However you have my interest – you seem to be like a breath of fresh air – your policies may need tweaking – but to do that the country needs to give you a chance. So Sir, after 34 years of voting Labour – you have just won a new voter.

Comment by Peter Orchard on November 20, 2009 at 9:32 am

Dear David,

In all the fuss over the Queens speech I have heard nothing at all about the “Grey Vote” 11.2 million pensioners are out in the real world, what do you propose to do about our “lot”, it would seem from the deafening silence NOTHING. I have been a conservative voter all my life, but I must now seriously consider my options, depite all the promises we are to get NO REFERENDUM on the Lisbon Treaty, you still seem affraid to want to tackle immigration.
M.P’s must start to listen to the electorate NOW not sometime in the future .

Comment by jane penny on November 20, 2009 at 9:38 am

Enough is enough! I was a strong Labour voter and I have had enough.
Britain is not the Britain it was.
Charity should begin at home. I do feel sorry for things happening oversea’s but we have children living in poverty for whatever reason here. We have old people cast to one side who have saved all their lives only to be told they need to sell their homes and give it back to the goverment when asillum seekers and foreigners get our benefits????????? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH we are british not European we are an island we should stay one. Its not racist it is common sense Britain should be for the British the British people should come first
I may vote Conservative this time
Thankyou
Thank You

Comment by Diane Mathewson on November 20, 2009 at 10:06 am

While ” community right to buy” is a refreshing idea ,where will the people in the community get the money to pay for these services ?

Comment by Esperer on November 20, 2009 at 10:24 am

A fresh upbeat can-do message. Thanks.

Comment by Tony on November 20, 2009 at 10:58 am

Re Jonathan Wheeler’s comments:

Sorry Jonathan, you’ll get no apology from me… so you’d better start throwing your teddy around and holding your breath!!! It shouldn’t take too long before your face changes to a dark shade of blue to match your blue-tinted glasses!

Why is it that whenever someone makes comments that are contrary to YOUR own views, that those comments are lambasted as being petulent and lacking in reality.

Wake up and smell the coffee indeed, Jonathan, for this once great nation and its proud people should not be held ransom by one man and his small team making a drastic mistake without giving the other 60million of us an opportunity to consult.

It is stupid of you to suggest that it is TOO LATE to change things, of course it’s not too late. Are you seriously saying that we cannot change something that is harmful to us, and that we have to suffer because the likes of the Irish and Czech nations have signed up?

And for your information, I’m a retired professional who is nearer to sixty than I would wish to be!

Comment by alan broomhead on November 20, 2009 at 12:23 pm

i am disgusted to hear that brown is cutting
d.l.a.benefit,it confirms what i have thought for
a long time that he is mentaly unbalanced,to say that is father is a church minister he has not learned compassion,it is time he was removed from office, by force if necessary,
he is unelected and my fear is how much more havoc can this lunatic wreak in our
country before he leaves, he and his party have brought our once lovely country into
disrepute with their greed and corruption i think we ought to do like the french,go on the
rampage and burn a few buildings down then
they would take notice of us because they think they can do as they like with us,we are only allowed an opinion if it doesnt clash with
theirs,i am also of the opinion that he wants our army decimated,what other reason is there for denying our troops adequate equipment,he ought to hang his head in shame
if he had any concience he would have resigned a long time ago,but he wont do that
he is too drunk with power it gives him a buzz.
i think he wont be satisfied untill he makes us
all paupers.

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Comment by Colin Seagers on November 20, 2009 at 12:47 pm

This is quite a slick broadcast but the parlous economic and moral state of the country is old news to most. I am on the record re the ‘running out of money’ comments commencing over three years ago.
You need to explain how and who in ‘the community’ would finance the purchases proposed in greater detail – as I do not know where say District Councils would find that cash, strapped as we mostly are.
You would gain/regain far more votes by promising an ‘In or Out’ referendum on the EU. If you don’t, I fear UKIP will badly surprise you .
District Councillor Colin Seagers (Cons.)

Comment by Frugal Dougal on November 20, 2009 at 1:07 pm

In Glasgow, when somebody in a tenement block bought their flat, the Council would do everything in their power to get out of doing repairs on all the other houses in the block, setting up a strong peer-pressure on tenants not to buy. Left-leaning councils (referring to the senior staff, even if the council is not a Labour one) might try to use this trick to “get their own back” on an incoming Conservative administration.

Comment by michael sullivan on November 20, 2009 at 1:12 pm

yet again the same old retotic.opposition parties all talk big but when you get in power fail to meet your commitments.as for mps expenses it came as no surprise that yet again you all wriggle away from paying back what you fiddled.
you have all been tarred with the same brush.public can not believe a word any of you preach.
all mps proved to have fiddled expenses should go.public should vote in new members with proper controls in place.

Comment by Adrian Murray-Leonard on November 20, 2009 at 1:33 pm

Dear Mr Cameron,
Today i will make a plea to you to save thios country from disaster,the reality is that there are a hell of a lot of people who have been left battered and bruised on the side of the road who have no one to turn to,and it is all down to this “unfit for purpose government “. Mr Cameron, will you see that you do not let the people down who need you most right now,for all of our sakes we must get this country of ours back on it,s feet.

Comment by Keith Mackman on November 20, 2009 at 1:48 pm

The Lisbon Treaty includes a formal procedure for enabling countries to withdraw from the EU (Gisela Stuart was involved in drafting the clause)

Rather than huffing and puffing, there should be a serious debate about the potential consequences of such a withdrawal if the UK were to consider such action. I believe that the possibility of taking such action would serve as potential leverage in negotiating our position with regard the EU, I think it is fair to say that they need us at least as much as we might need them.

Cameron is forced to play with a somewhat slippery deck of cards, Brown is a liar and a cheat with the full weight of a deliberately politicised administration behind him. The latest Queens Speech demonstrates the nature of our PM, churlish to the end, while his pig-ignorant behaviour in PMQs reveals the difficulty in engaging the oaf in meaningful debate.

His physical impairments are of no consequence, many in the country deal with far worse disability (Blunkett was wholly blind, Hoon has no spinal column….actually many of the current Cabinet are notably lacking in obvious vertebral integrity). Brown talked about his moral compass but he has no political integrity and the recurrent episodes of moral cowardice and indecision show him for what he really is.

Rather than attacking David Cameron for not making himself too much a slave to circumstance we should recognise that he has played his cards with some finesse. The Conservative Party is now recognised as electable for positive reasons and the presence of Labourite supporters on this site attacking Cameron is an indicator of the strength of our position. Negative campaigning has never been attractive, we need not emphasise the ruinous nature of a continued Labour rule, rather we should keep explaining to the electorate what we will do to make their lives better.

Comment by Alan Johnson on November 20, 2009 at 2:33 pm

I have not yet forgiven you for your abject surrender over the EU – a trait shown by all your redecessors back to the abominable Heath, and also by successive leaders of the Labour Party. Do you for one moment believe that had the voters in the 1975 referendum had the power of clairvoyance, to see that only just over 30 years later, some 80% of British laws would originate with unelected bureaucrats in Brussels they would have still given approval – NOT A CHANCE – the result would have been a resounding NO. They were led to believe we were signing up to a Free Trade agreement – a lie put out by politicians of all parties to get the right result – no change there then. Since then we have been ‘fobbed-off’ with all kinds of excuses for not having another referendum, but the true reason is you all know we would not fall for the same trick twice, and would reject continued membership of the EU, which would not suit your political masters in Brussels. Had you been serious about promising a referendum, you could still have called one; the debate still needs to be aired about whether we should, or should not remain in the EU. It is not a decision for a few politicians to make – it is far too big for that – it should be put to the Country. That you have drawn back from such a step, in my mind says more about the sincerity of your promises to the British electorate – it appears you are only interested in power for yourself and your Party, not the people of Britain. I am finding that very hard to forgive.

Comment by Bill on November 20, 2009 at 2:56 pm

David,
Are you listening? The huge majority of the views held on these blogs are the majority views of the supporters of the party. Yet you seem do nothing but get caught up in the political corruption that truly governs.
Please have the courage to break this cycle and become a leader and represent the majority of your supporters. To be honest I would rather vote BMP or UKIP and suffer the dire consciences, than suffer through another Blair,Brown and Mandy term all be it with different names.

Comment by mickdx on November 20, 2009 at 3:42 pm

Winning means getting votes, no vote on the E.U. means a lot of people will not vote for you.
UKIP and the BNP will take a lot votes off you and the issue of the E.U. will haunt you past your inevitable defeat.
Apply common sense, listen to the people and go for a democratic solution to the problem of the E.U. it is not for you to decide for us.
I just hope you listen to what we want.

Comment by Eric Foddering on November 20, 2009 at 3:58 pm

It is time we, the electorate, became real and looked at the real world. David has not let us down over the referendum – had the Treaty not been ratified we would have had our vote as he promised. All our venom should be directed at the liars like Brown and the Lib/ Dems. Democrats indeed! Both lied and ignored their promises – David did not!
We need statesmenlike leaders like David Cameron, William Haigh and George Osbourne and the team and II for one am delighted that most of them have been well educated and have been trained since birth to lead and retain a sense of duty and high standards.
Bare in mind that Labour and the Lib/Dems will always have a vested interest in having an underclass or their whole ediface crumbles.
It is the private sector which creates the wealth in our society not the parasitic beaurocrats who suck the blood of and feed off of the entreprenuers.
The question is not whether or not we should be part of the European treaty or the EU but whether or not we livein a truly democratic country where the views of the electorae are supreme.

Comment by PATRICIA GREEN on November 20, 2009 at 4:25 pm

TO: Jonathan Wheeler, 20.11.09 at 12:24 am

Sir,
you comment re Lisbon Treaty:
“Brown signed us up for it, and everybody else has signed up too.”

My mother used to say, “If everybody else put their hands in the fire, would you put yours in too?”.

Look, the actual PEOPLE of every single one of the 27 euro-states have been BY-PASSED by consecutive groups of international Politicos who have constructed this abberated and corrupt “union”.

The invidious Mr Cameron continues to by-pass the Nation and will be awarded thw Order of the Boot – along with the insidious Mr Brown.

BORIS! NIGEL! NICK! your country needs you!

Comment by Terence Strong on November 20, 2009 at 4:42 pm

Can you guarantee that you not NOT break any more promises. Terry

Comment by Ron Gobell on November 20, 2009 at 4:43 pm

David,
READ YOUR OWN CP BLUE BLOG COMMENTS, YOU WILL GET A CLEAR MESSAGE ON THE ELECTORATES VIEWS, OR ARE YOU NOT INTERESTED AND CHOOSING TO IGNORE THE ELECTORATE! FOR YOUR INFO YOU HAVE 870 MESSAGES AGAINST “POLICY ON EUROPE…” AND 81 ON COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS!!!!! AND ALSO THOSE ABOVE. LETS HEAR FROM YOU.
I am not optimistic.

Comment by Morty on November 20, 2009 at 5:25 pm

Perhaps Cameron can have a word with Conservative Councillors in High Wycombe who have shut down the local swimming pool and refused to let a not for profit group take over the running.
Get your own house in Order.

Comment by Alan Adams on November 20, 2009 at 5:38 pm

All this is fine, but your support is slowly ebbing away, especially in my area, you have reneged on your promise for an pro Europe Treaty. Why not keep faith with loyal Tories,
Please promise us that REFERENDUM.
I feel a definite cooling off already. Acf now!

Comment by ralph mchendry on November 20, 2009 at 6:19 pm

Don’t rely on Labour’s worn-out policies, this is not going to be an easy election to win because of the built-in constituency bias for Labour. Fresh as some of the Conservative plans are, there is still a spark lacking, a key initiative which will move floaters. My guess is that a radical move to the right is the answer, but I think we’ve blown that. Who speaks now for those who pay their way and want to see immigration managed competently and criminals brought to book and punished appropriately? Certainly not Labour or the Lib Dems, and I suspect a lot of people don’t see the Conservatives in that role either.

Comment by leon fenton on November 20, 2009 at 7:53 pm

i fully agree with tom birkett,global warming is the biggest confidence trick since the birth of new labour,all the so called experts sanctioned by the government who pay them vast amounts of our money in grants in order to give them the answers they want to hear,so as to brainwash us into thinking we are to blame for the earths eventual demise so in turn they can tax us to the hilt until doomsday spending small amounts of that money on idiotic windfarms that blot our once glorious landscape and completely barmy crackpots like ed milliband dream up adverts that are intended to brainwash children into thinking their parents are responsible for our eventual demise !!,the truth is that just because an aberation called mankind evolved we seem to think the earth has reached its zenith,well its still evolving,at the same time the sun is dying and as it reaches the end of its life its getting hotter,until eventualy it will implode,no amount of taxation is going to stop this from happening so get used to it well thats my theory anyway !! the lentil eating ,bearded sandal wearing environMENTALists are the only ones getting any airtime talking about the global warming myth,lets hear from the non government grant receiving experts who say othewise,buying so called environmentaly friendly low light emiting bulbs will not be the answer,plus there is the problem of disposing of these things they contain mercury for gods sake one of the most poisionous substances on earth !!what next banning drivers from driving at night because the heat from the headlights is causing the ice caps to melt ?!! and now europe has finaly conquered us the skys the limit as to what crackpot ideas they will come up with next.

Comment by steven winning on November 20, 2009 at 8:53 pm

So many more important things like really sort out the corruption here and in the EU.
Get people off the dole, and that means cuts in benefits so that work is preferrable, and make anyone under 25k tax free! theres an incentive for you, and whats is this idiocy about an £8000 one off payment to ensure security of help in old age…..isnt that what our NI and taxes are about, fulfil the promise of free care from the cradle to the grave. I know for a fact that the corruption and greed of the MPs is indemic in all aspects of society, the lawyers, barristers, judges, doctors, councillors and bankers have just followed the example set by the politicians. Maybe now it can be admitted that self regulation just leads to greed and delusional visions of grandeur.

Comment by David Wray on November 20, 2009 at 9:50 pm

Dear Mr. Cameron,
The Queen’s speech seems to me to be an example of how our Nation’s history and traditions are being damaged by so-called New Labour together with that party’s efforts to supersede them with self-serving mockeries.
I take the basis of your blog as sensible and sensitive. I have signed up to both petitioning opportunities.
However, the biggest challenge on the horizon is the abomination that is the EU. See my personal comments as published on page 5 of the Daily Express, in the extreme right-hand column.
Mr. Cameron and Mr. Hague, your adjusted policy towards the EU after the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty is wholly inadequate and contrary to what I found in your blog to be sensible and sensitive, I scream at you both that you are proposing to miss an huge opportunity to show the neo-Marxist / Stalinist EU that no matter how badly (despicably) we have been (and still are) being treated by Gordon Brown and his shambles, we in the UK will have our voices heard at least by way of a vote or referendum and that could well be an example to all those other populations who, I hope, are waking up to the fact that they’ve been undemocratically steam-rollered into a federal state that is not in their interests or ours.
UKIP (and a couple of internationally recognised lawyers) tells us that there is a relatively simple way out of the EU – repeal the 1972 European Communities Act. Why don’t you take that route ?
Your own Party’s adviser, Frederick Forsyth, makes other very useful comments – see below “Could we fight them on the beaches now ?” Get your researchers to study his comments particularly in respect of how Finland, Sweden, Austria, Ireland, Germany obtained exemptions without needing to negotiate with all other Member States.
Mr. Cameron, what this country needs desperately is another Winston Churchill. Have you got the backbone to emulate that great man ? Have you the Strength of Character to stand up to the Socialist (neo-Marxism / Stalinism) swell that threatens to make serfs of us all – please don’t be fooled, that is their aim and it is no joke – and to re-introduce Democracy proper to these shores ?
Please dwell on this for a moment: The West ‘fought’ the Cold War for 30 years to arrest the encroachment of Communistic Socialism into Western Europe. The EU has succeeded where the old Soviet Union & Warsaw Pact failed.
Some years ago I had business interests at a site in Bavaria. Our German colleagues used to insist on telling us time after time that “The UK and its Allies might have won WW2 but the Nazi descendants and their cohorts would set out to win the peace”. Also, “The UK is sleep-walking into a Europe-wide Socialist state that will overturn or overrule any non-Socialist government elected into the UK’s Parliament”.
You, Mr. Cameron & Mr. Hague and both your staffs need to gird your loins, re-promise us all a vote / referendum and work to avert the detrimental influences that the federal state of the EU will soon enough bring to bear on the UK.
Just look at the socialist cronies who have just been ‘elected’ to lord it over us, against the UK’s wishes. They intend to try to build up a perpetual Socialist dynasty (just as the Soviets did) that they believe will never be able to be overthrown – excuse the dreadful grammar but I hope you recognise the picture that I paint.
Mark my words, please. I shall remind you all of them if you fail this country, this Nation.
Sincerely,
David M Wray

Comment by Roy Chamberlain on November 20, 2009 at 10:08 pm

Those who are rightly (in my view) complaining about the EU issues might find the link below interesting. (copy and paste into brower if it doesnt show as a link)
http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/1328-ukip-launches-huge-referendum-petition

Comment by kate wilders on November 20, 2009 at 11:03 pm

Lies,lies,lies lies I will never believe what politicians have to say ever again. We have all been taken in and robbed blind while they sit in their comfy offices and homes while small businesses are closing by the boat load and new immigrants are being looked after by the state and being housed and kept in one of the most expensive cities in the world. Vote Consevative dont make me Laugh. You all should be ashamed, sold us out the lot of you.

Comment by Paul Woodroffe on November 20, 2009 at 11:41 pm

Forgive me if I’m baffled. We will legislate to reduce the debt by half over 4 years. Basic economics suggests that it’s a government which controls the level;s of public spending and debt, so how do you legislate for yourself or have they now reached a level of incompetence that they really believe that legislating will make it happen. No Mr Brown. Legislate so that parents can sue schools if the education of their children is not good enough. Who pays? Oh the taxpayer, or you take money out of the education budget. Perhaps letting teachers teach and instilling discipline in children may be a better way? Parents to terach respect for sciety and support teachers if their children become ill disciplined would be a good start, and Ian Duncan Smith has the right idea. And finally (sorry rant nearly over) Gordon Brown has the temerity to say he will send more troops to Afghanistan if they have the right equipment. Forgive me for asking but who makes that happen. Oh yes HMG, of which he is the nominal leader. A complete disgrace and yet another vain attempt to hoodwing the British public

Best Wishes

Comment by George Brown on November 20, 2009 at 11:44 pm

The first thing the Conservatives have to do is pull out of political union with Europe. As now over 75% of laws are passed in Europe and no matter what David will want to do for the UK, he will have Europe looking over and saying “You cant do that”.

Lets be bold and call a referendum so the people can choose in or out!!

Then when we leave, we can put things right properly and look after the UK tax payers instead of propping up the rest of Europe.

Comment by robin woznicki on November 21, 2009 at 8:17 am

The sooner we get rid of this rotten government and the NTA yet another self serving quango the better.

Comment by thomas brown on November 21, 2009 at 10:32 am

To be honest I don’t really care how it is achieved. Just make sure that next May Brown, Balls, Harman and all those other idiots are turfed out onto the street where they belong. May the rest of their days be thoroughly miserable. Morons.

Comment by graham on November 21, 2009 at 12:09 pm

Ok David enough’s enough when will this miserable irrelevant charade ever end, yet another extraneous policy “ community right to buy scheme “ and what communities are you talking about?, the hearts of which has already been ripped out and replaced and distorted forever by peoples from a hundred different nations with a hundred different cultures who seldom interact. Do you really believe all this nonsense.

Our country is being occupied and invaded, voting and British political parties will soon become impotent as the might of the EU sweeps our democracy and your political aspirations away, stand up for us Mr Cameron Say NO to the Lisbon Treaty, freeze immigration, rekindle manufacturing, aid millions of young British people into work , help our lost generations, instill in this country a sense of pride, or are you another side show attraction like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown-all smoke and mirrors but no real substance.

Listen to the people and you will have a landslide victory, you could be a great leader, other conservative members and I are become more and more disillusioned with our party how loud do we have to scream before you listen, please do the right thing starting with the EU issue.

Comment by Ann Seals on November 21, 2009 at 1:59 pm

Excellent keep it coming.

Comment by Ann Seals on November 21, 2009 at 2:05 pm

Waiting to hear David Cameron and William Hagues views on the obvious stitch-ups on the European Presidency etc!! althouth I thank god Blair didn’t get it.

Comment by Philip Bowen on November 21, 2009 at 9:10 pm

DAVE, HOW DID YOU GET HOLD OF MY EMAIL ADDRESS. HAVE YOU BEEN SNEAKING AROUND BNP HEADQUARTERS AND HAPPENED TO FIND A WINDOW OPEN AND IN A DESK DRAW WAS A LIST OF MILLIONS OF NORMAL BRITISH PEOPLE THAT MIGHT JUST VOTE BNP NEXT TIME.
TUT TUT I THOUGHT WE COULD TRUST OUR POLITICIANS.

Comment by PeteFergie on November 22, 2009 at 12:35 am

Brown and Cameron apologise for Poppy Day stunts: Abbey’s fury at BOTH leaders over Remembrance Day photo-shoots.

Can’t sink much lower, can you Dave?

Comment by Had Enough Of This Rubbish on November 22, 2009 at 12:47 am

We have Parish Council, District Councils and County Councils – all with hundreds of councillors who are costing us loads of money.

We also have Regional Parliaments / Assemblies (Unless of course you are English), again with hundreds of representatives who are costing us loads of money.

We then have our Westminister Parliament with hundreds of sleazy members costing us all loads of money.

But at the top of the tree we have the EU MPs with their thousands of staff who cost us a damn sight more, and whose laws are automatically imposed upon us!

Will someone please explain why we should not get rid of the Parish, District, County, Regional and Westminister tiers and just have the Spanish/French/German/Others in charge to continue to bleed us dry and impose our laws, and therefore saving us all some money?

Comment by melvyn emmett on November 22, 2009 at 6:51 am

David , PLEASE remain circumspect and measured in what you say and do as the G.E. approaches . Your enemies are getting desperate in trying to trip you up.Don’t give occasion to have to apologise for anything rashly said or done . Kind regards, Melvyn Emmett

Comment by Philip on November 22, 2009 at 12:44 pm

David, until you keep your promises – ie referendum – I and I know many thousands are like me, won’t support you.
Don’t copy Blair a become a lying, smiling weasle, oh your a PR guy. Guess that says it all

Comment by Peter Gordon on November 22, 2009 at 5:57 pm

What I would like to hear is that the ‘all women shortlists’ idea, which is a bad one, is being dropped. It is anti-democratic. If women want to become MP’s and we do need as many as possible, then let them apply on their own merits. It is patronising to them and unfair to suitable male candidates.

I am becoming very concerned at what is going on at Conservative Central Office, who appear to have contributed to the media’s attacks on the so-called ‘Turnip Taliban’.

It seems that the middle/upper class white middle aged male is being attacked from all sides. It is not clever!

Comment by Peter Gordon on November 22, 2009 at 6:01 pm

By the way, does anybody at Conservative Central Office read the responses on this Blog? And if they do, is policy affected?

The two word following the ‘submit’ button are often difficult to read.

Comment by Clifford Brady on November 22, 2009 at 7:51 pm

David if you can’t give us the Referendum you promised, then PLEASE give us an Alternative Referendum on whether, and to what extent, the British people want to stay part of a CORRUPT European Union. Your next job should then be to repeal all the CRAZY Politically Correct Laws introduced by this incompetent “Looney left” government

Comment by Doreen McKye on November 22, 2009 at 10:02 pm

the goverment has sold us down the river we are just like puppets on a string. all the adverts on the tv in the papers wanting old gold why hasn’t the goverment offered to buy then they could replace some of the gold they have sold off a few years ago, instead, Switzerland is buying it, stacking it up to sell it back to us at a top rate Iexpect

Comment by John Clark on November 23, 2009 at 9:10 am

A suggestion re tempory bridges replacements in Cumbria.
Why not use the appropriate troops to restore bridges communication. The Sappers would enjoy the opportunity to place Bailey Bridges over the rivers. They did it so well during the 2nd World War.
Plenty of civilian building workers looking for employment. Muster these people in Cumbria to get on with the work in hand, due to flooding. Best of luck, David.

Comment by Pauline Eborall on November 23, 2009 at 9:31 am

Please do not overlook Europe as a prime issue in the forthcoming Election. There are many people who do not understand that Gordon Brown signed up for the UK many months ago and consequently are not understanding tht the Conservatives cannot offer a Referendum at this stage. The facts should be made much clearer to the country. There is much strong feeling about a Referendum and I know of many conservatives around the country who are saying that they will turn to UKIP because you are not offering a Referendum. I have always felt that there is a failure in Conservsative Party to offer full explanations on issues, this is something that must be rectified immediately on this particular important issue.

Comment by lorraine on November 23, 2009 at 11:56 am

Pass it on if you like this:

England my England

Goodbye to my England, So long my old friend
Your days are numbered, being brought to an end
To be Scottish, Irish or Welsh that’s fine
But don’t say you’re English, that’s way out of line.

The French and the Germans may call themselves such
So may Norwegians, the Swedes and the Dutch
You can say you are Russian or maybe a Dane
But don’t say you’re English ever again.

At Broadcasting House the word is taboo

In Brussels it’s scrapped, in Parliament too
Even schools are affected. Staff do as they’re told

They must not teach children about England of old.

Writers like Shakespeare, Milton and Shaw
The pupils don’t learn about them anymore
How about Agincourt, Hastings, Arnhem or Mons?
When England lost hosts of her very brave sons.

We are not Europeans, how can we be?
Europe is miles away, over the sea
We’re the English from England, let’s all be proud
Stand up and be counted – Shout it out loud!

Let’s tell our Government and Brussels too
We’re proud of our heritage and the Red, White and Blue

Fly the flag of Saint George or the Union Jack
Let the world know –

WE WANT OUR ENGLAND
BACK!!!

Comment by Debbi McCauley on November 23, 2009 at 1:20 pm

David Cameron, you too have reneged on your promise to give us a referendum on the EU. Never mind that it was ratified under your nose – the British people as a whole want out of the EU and We Still Need a Referendum!

Cutting disability living allowances etc is going to cause a nightmare for millions. I’m not 65 yet – but receive DLA at the lowest care rate and without it I would not be able to ear.

You have so much to put right – but I’m not at all sure you have the guts to do so.

Comment by Colin Rowley on November 23, 2009 at 7:35 pm

Community buy outs? Fine ideals David, but they are not going to get you into Number 10. Listen to what is being said. Europe, Immigration, Afghanistan, Crime and social disorder. These are the issues that your voters want you to lead on. The Queens Speech was a complete and utter waste of time, but yet again, Brown has got the upper hand. We need to see some fight from your front benchers David, not the sort of piffle that we are being served up now. Voters are turning away in their droves. UKIP are making gains by the day. Sort it.

Comment by Pamela Monks on November 23, 2009 at 9:01 pm

I’ve noticed that you’re still getting a lot of comments about the EU referendum, or should I say the lack of our promised referendum. I despair at the number of people now threatening to vote for UKIP. I have nothing against UKIP, but voting for them next year could put Labour back in power. Is that what you really want?
I’m angry at being denied our referendum. All parties promised one on the EU Constitution at the last election. They can call it whatever they like. A rose by any other name still has sharp thorns, even if this one certainly doesn’t smell sweet. Three countries actually did get to vote: Holland, France, and Ireland. All three voted against. Yet still it’s been railroaded through. Is that their idea of democracy? If so, they can keep it.
We must, however, put the blame for this fiasco where it firmly belongs. Labour have been in power for the last four years, and could have implemented our referendum at any time as they were mandated to do. They didn’t for only one reason. They knew that, like the other countries, we would have voted NO. The government didn’t want that so they didn’t bother to ask. It shows just how much contempt they really have for the opinions of the electorate.
Yet these are the very people that you risk putting back in power by voting UKIP. The election will not just be about Europe, but about many other issues. Is the party which wrecked the strong economy they inherited twelve years ago likely to repair it? Is the party which undermined and devalued our once fine education system likely to improve it? Is the party which encouraged mass immigration likely to curb it? Is the party which has hamstrung our police with red tape likely to free them? Even on the EU, will the party which sold us out to Brussells eurocrats resist further centralisation?
The bare fact is that only two parties can win next year. Either the Conservatives or Labour will be in power, even in a hung parliament. The best that any other party can hope for is to hold the balance of power. Given the quirks of our electoral system, small parties such as UKIP, BNP, or Greens will be lucky to win any seats. I’m far from convinced that the Conservatives will be tough enough, but I trust them much more than Labour. Their heart is in the right place, even if don’t yet have the stomach for what’s required.
With regard to the Queen’s Speech, I really felt rather sorry for the Queen having to read that drivel. Passing a law to halve the budget deficit has got to be the parliamentary equivalent of waving your magic wand and wishing the problem would go away. I’ve got bad news for you Gordon. Perhaps you’ve been reading too much Harry Potter, but that’s not the way things work on this planet.

Comment by PATRICIA GREEN on November 23, 2009 at 9:38 pm

To PAMELA MONKS 23.11.09 9.01pm

Madam,
If I might reply to one point:
. It is irrelevant why we are in the EU soup. What is relevant is WILL FUTURE LEADERSHIP REFER THE MATTER TO THE PEOPLE, like nice little Democrats?

Mr Cameron has now effectively declared a vested interest in denying Democracy.

I, for one, am so incensed at this arrogant, egregious betrayal of true Conservative principles and of my NATION – and how he weasled out of his “cast-iron” guarantee – that I’d vote UKIP, BNP or even Labour again rather than support this deeply shallow, cowardly and unethical creature.

I have read that REPEALING the EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ACT OF 1972 WOULD BE A SOLUTION to our current entrapment.

Comment by Paul Orchard on November 23, 2009 at 10:07 pm

Community Right to Buy????????
Watch all our community facilities become Islamic Schools, Centres, Bookshops.

Average white man, works for a living, pays his taxes, contributes to society. Sod Off.
Any Johnny come lately. Sponges off benefits, pays for nothing, demands everything, and gets it. Politicians want your vote. Here have more.

I’ll tell you what would halve the deficit David, making the Pakistani, bangldeshi and somalian communities in this country trade fairly. Pay taxes and rates. They all claim they deal in cash for religious reasons. If I deal in cash I get done by the HM Revenue. They all do it and everyones to afraid to anything about it.
Within 45 years there will be a Muslim prime minister. They are simply breeding faster than us. Everyone who comes into the country now will equate for 20 more within 20 years.
Where as the average white working class person can no longer afford to have kids. This country rewards the bone idol and the cheats. But not to worry working class man will foot the bill! And what are you going to do about it David. Nothing. You disgust me. Your worse than Blair. UKIP and BNP will take the votes that stop you winning. I honestly think you might not even end up with enough votes to have any chance of a hung parliament. Nick Clegg has said he will co-operate with the party that gets the most votes. If you carry on the way you are going that will be Gordon Brown and New Labour.
And quite frankly I dont care anymore.
Your hemmoraging support and what do you do? Nothing. Idiot.

Comment by Paul Orchard on November 23, 2009 at 10:21 pm

And your staged photo opportunity at the war memorial was another “blair type” disgrace.
Why dont you get a picture of your family printed on to a mug and hold it while giving interviews. You sad fop!
Your all show and nothing else.
I am a conservative. I want a conservative leader for my party. You are not one. You are a shallow weak man with no substance. This country is crying out for a new Margaret Thatcher. You are NOT it.
Boris would do a mcuh better job.

Comment by lorraine on November 24, 2009 at 3:16 pm

It matters little which of the three main parties gets to power, they are all the same. Hardly a cigarette paper between them now thanks to David Cameron. If he’d been more honest at the selection protest about his Labour-left leanings we could have had the more honourable David Davis as Leader now, and be heading for victory at the polls.

I have emailed David Davis pleading with him to mount a last-ditch Leadership challenge to Cameron, because we have little chance of getting rid of Brown with Cameron in charge, and there is still time, just. His email address, if anyone agrees with me, is:

davisd@parliament.uk

I cannot vote Tory while Cameron mis-leads the party, so if he stays it will be UKIP for me because he has betrayed us and the party.

Comment by lorraine on November 24, 2009 at 3:19 pm

Oh dear, that should have been PROCESS, not protest!!

Comment by Kris Soper on November 24, 2009 at 3:45 pm

Community-right-to-buy….love it!! Should have been thought of long ago. Keep the good ideas coming…..more importantly ACT on them.

Comment by PeteFergie on November 24, 2009 at 5:39 pm

lorraine:

The vast majority on here agree with you.

We can not/will not win the election with an outright majority with a leader as weak as Cameron

David Davis is the only one that could possibly turn this around.

Please support him at… davisd@parliament.uk

Comment by thomas brown on November 24, 2009 at 8:16 pm

I’ve read and contributed to these columns, and others like them, for years and it has always amazed me how we Conservatives are so flaming decent all the time. Like the middle classes of our country, we are reasonable. well mannered and very slow to anger. At long last, however, it does seem that there are real stirrings of discontent in the ranks. Please fan these flames folks – it will take some real action to get rid of this stinking government.

Comment by Paul Orchard on November 25, 2009 at 12:36 am

David Cameron
Devoid of Policies
Devoid of Instinct
Devoid of Principals
Devoid of Fight
Devoid of a political will
Devoid of Loyalty
Devoid of freinds
Devoid of a backbone
Devoid of Conservatism
Step Forward Mr Devoid Cameron

Comment by Paul Orchard on November 25, 2009 at 12:59 am

There will be a revolution next year.
If Tony……… Sorry David Cameron wins, he will sell us all out within a week. He will show his true colours (red with an overdose of green) once he gets his feet under the table. And the poeple of this country WILL NOT put up with 5 years of that CR/\P. Day 1 of the new Non Socialist Peoples Goverment will see a suspension of EU membership, a 45p a litre reduction in fuel duty (with a maximum retail price set so no one profiteers) a rounding up of everyone who isnt meant to be in this country including EU citizens as membership will be suspended. And nuclear strikes on Paris. Tel Aviv, Northern districts of Pakistan and Tescos head office if that is where the Grinning Vicar and his joker mouthed wife are. And all gender & race awareness officers and thier like will have 10 minutes to clear thier desks. As will Trevor Phillps. You want equality, you got it. No need for someone to push to be more equal than others. And Rupert Murdoch will be forced to sell his media interests in this country….for £1. And then he will be taxed on that pound at 100%. How dare an australian try and manipulate who runs this country. He can go back to the newly independent australian republic. And then all scottish MPs will have 10 min to clear thier desks and head back north including Gordon the (Blair) Gopher. And he can take Mandy with him as well.

Comment by Tony on November 25, 2009 at 3:46 pm

Paul Orchard, I like your style.

Comment by lorraine on November 26, 2009 at 12:35 pm

Come on people, email David Davis if you haven’t already, beg him, plead with him to challenge Cameron for the Leadership!

davisd@parliament.uk

We can still win with Davis, but NOT with Cameron!

Comment by lorraine on November 26, 2009 at 12:54 pm

Have you seen this?

There were many who felt that this sense of separateness, so ingrained in national identity, would be destroyed by the building of the Channel Tunnel. Francois Mitterand, the French President who persuaded Margaret Thatcher to agree to the scheme, certainly thought so. His psychoanalyst revealed in Rendez-vous: The Psychoanalysis of Francois Mitterand that the then President, smarting from the constant bullying he had received at the hands of the British Prime Minister, had told him: “I will have the last word. Her island, it is me who will destroy it. I will take my revenge. I will tie Britain to the continent despite its natural tendency for isolation. How? I will build a tunnel under La Manche. I will succeed where Napoleon III failed…. I will flatter Thatcher’s shopkeeper spirit. I will tell her that the welding to the Continent will not cost the Crown one kopeck. She will not resist this resonant argument.”

This from the FRENCH, who owe their entire existence to us! If they didn’t exist, you’d have to make them up!

Comment by lorraine on November 26, 2009 at 12:57 pm

Sorry, I should have included the whole link for the above article.

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/dominic-lawson/dominic-lawson-europe-will-always-be-a-foreign-land-for-the-british-1826457.html

Comment by PATRICIA GREEN on November 27, 2009 at 10:47 am

TO : lorraine on November 26, 2009 at 12:35 pm

Thank you for the email address.

I have written to Mr Davis asking if he is willing to mount a LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE.

Comment by Richard Bullman on December 2, 2009 at 6:24 am

Great focus speech on “Health & Safety” nonsense. There is a national pleading for this Country to have common sense reinposed in just about every corner. Very positive reception on 01/12/09 BBC News Night. Well done David!

Comment by Cliff Brady on December 5, 2009 at 5:10 pm

Stop Dithering Gordon
We own the Banks, you told them no cash bonuses, don’t bow to Blackmail about possible resignations. David would’nt shrink from Sacking RBS Directors. Who do they think they are? We pay their wages.

Comment by Paul Orchard on December 21, 2009 at 5:57 pm

David wouldnt sack the RBS directors? He’s probably having lunch with them.

Comment by Michael McBride on April 19, 2010 at 6:25 pm

Hi,
Can you tell me if your party will bring back the council house 60% right to buy that the labour party robbed us of in the nineties.
I have always voted conservative and believe this was one of your better policies.
Good luck for the election.
Regards,
Mike.

Comment by Louise Mahoney on April 21, 2010 at 2:01 pm

I can’t help but notice that when you talk about saving the ‘Great British Pub’ you don’t say how. Encourage fair trade between breweries and tenants? Enforce an initiative for supermarkets to have responsibility for the problems their cheap unregulated booze causes? I have to sell a pint at nearly £3 to make ends meet. How much is a pint in the Houses of Commons bar?