How liberal is David Cameron?

I don't want to rain on David Cameron's parade, but let's get things in perspective. Yes, it was a good speech but it wasn't a great speech. It certainly wasn't a speech that will convince millions of people to vote Conservative.

I still don't know what DC stands for or why I should vote for him. Is he a social liberal? An economic liberal? A mixture of the two? What, exactly, does he represent? I'm damned if I know.

I began the week vowing not to vote for any party, should there be an election this year. Nothing has changed. C'mon, David. If you really want people like me to vote for your party, come off the fence and stand up for individual liberties, the sort that have been increasingly eroded in recent years.

Unfortunately, given your background, I suspect you are a patrician politician who means well but is essentially paternalistic, so I'm not holding my breath - which is a pity, because this is one area where you could really put clear water between the Tories and obsessive, nanny state tendencies of the present government.

Comments

[abbeyfield]

I was quite relieved to read this post,I was beginning to think that I was the only one who didn't understand what David Cameron stood for.

[Mark]

He's fundamentally a PR bloke, so he'll stand for anything you want, but only until the next thing comes along.