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28 January 2005
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13 December 2004
THINGS HAVEN'T GOT BETTER UNDER BLAIRWhen Mr Blair first came into office he did so on a funny, floaty feeling that we could all be kinder and gentler. He talked of "the giving age" and (in defiance of the demographic facts) of a "young country". Today, the country feels older, crabbier, dirtier, unkinder, ruder, more violent, less British and less free. In particular, the structure of welfare, "human rights", tax, savings and education makes you feel that if you try hard to do right you are punished, and if you don't bother - or actively do wrong - you're fine. Things can only get better, said Tony in 1997. They haven't, and they won't. Surely there is an electoral logic in this fact which the Conservatives can do more to pursue. | Immigration, immigration, immigrationJane Green, Nuffield College, Oxford > LABOUR MUST GO because its claims to modernity are spuriousNick Wood, Media Intelligence Partners > LABOUR MUST GO for the sake of freedomNick Longworth of Media Intelligence Partners |
Anti-Euro And Pro-EuropeanIain Dale, Conservative candidate for North Norfolk More Independence From Europe And More Commitment To AfricaTom Greeves, freelance writer Controlled Immigration Alongside A More Generous Overseas Development PolicyTim Montgomerie, Editor of conservativehome.com | SCOTTISH POLL: LibDems set for gains from Scottish LabourHamish MacDonell | Scotsman | 04 May LEADING ARTICLE: The ageing trendies are switching to the LibDemsD Tel | 03 May NEWS: Tony Blair launches all-out attack on LibDemsPhilip Webster | Times | 03 May CH BLOG: The politics of fear works for the left - but not for the rightconservativehome.com blog | 02 May NEWS: Independent candidate threatens Labour's 'safest' Welsh seatMatthew Engel | FT | 30 April SPEECH: Blair's 'fiddled' election system could cause 'Florida-style deadlock', warns Liam FoxePolitix.com | 30 April ONLINE QUIZ: Which party should you vote for?FT | 28 April NEWS: LibDems feel best since 'heady days of 1983'BBC Online | 27 April COMMENT: Labour are exhausted but Tories have no visionJohn Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge | Los Angeles Times | 25 April COMMENT: Targeting and the absence of direct debate are killing this electionTim Hames | Times | 25 April CH BLOG: The not-so-straight-talking LibDemsconservativehome.com blog | 24 April SPEECH: Tories slip "from being a one-nation party to being a one-issue party" says BlairMichael White | Guardian | 23 April |