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Saturday, October 04, 2008
(Video) UK Tory Leader David Cameron's Convention speech
At the UK Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, party Leader David Cameron joined Stephen Harper in distancing himself from a laissez-faire position. Cameron explains that "many people wrongly believe that the Conservative party is just about freedom...that is libertarian, and that is certainly not me"–thanks for the clarification. Here is his stirring speech in praise of economic regulation:
Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7.
If not the Tories, are Nick Clegg's Lib Dems carrying on the mantle of Thatcher?
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Just like Cameron's Tories, the LibDem's in the UK are even more statist in nature than NuLabour, and both are failing to meet the aspirations of the voters.
The only home in the UK of truly free markets and Libertarian thought is the Libertarian Party UK.
www.lpuk.org
http://lpuk.org/pages/manifesto.php
Posted by: IanPJ | 2008-10-04 4:18:06 AM
Well,
This conservative leader sounds like a future source of "inspiration" for Harper's plagiarism addiction.
Posted by: Marc | 2008-10-04 8:02:48 AM
This is what I call "Neo Con" Conservatism. It has nothing at all to do with real conservatism. It has more to do with asserting control. Financial control and legal control of our activities and our finances. And its being sold as a necessary evil in order to save us from ourselves and the greedy capitalists.
When in reality, these same Neo Cons were at the root of this financial crisis, and if not the Neo Cons in partricular then the governments in general. And now they do what politicians do best...lie about it all while trying to look like the saviours. I'm listening to this asshole as I'm typing this and I could just barf at the audacity of his BS.
These people are disgusting scum and should be scorned as such.
Posted by: JC | 2008-10-04 10:35:58 AM
I just wish the Libertarians had the maturity to attract the disenfranchised fiscal conservatives that the Conservative umbrella has captured. Reform did that but was too reliant on old Socred populism. I wonder if Thatcher would still stick with the (Red Tory) wobblies today or support the Libertarians.
Posted by: John Chittick | 2008-10-04 11:51:15 AM
Don't knock Social Credit! They were much of the inspiration for the Reform Party. God knows they were the only true opposition to the Liberals for many years. The Progressive Conservatives under the likes of Mulroney, Stansfield, Clark, Diefenbaker, and Davis ran with the conservative label but governed as red tories read pseudo-socialists. The only two good ones from that party were Ralph Klein and Mike Harris. The Social Credits fought the socialists in Alberta and were critical to its successful development. A lot of this had to do with the elder Manning. If it wasn't for him, the CCF socialists might have taken over there like in Saskatchewan. Its a shame that the country hasn't recognized that it was Alberta that most fought tooth and nail to resist western european style socialism. In Ontario, Manitoba, and the Atlantic provinces, the leaders of all three parties simply followed the NDP playbook at different paces. The original base of the Reform party came from former Social Credit supporters. Its because of the Reform Party that we now have a Conservative Party that(while not perfect) is a considerable improvement on the old Progressive Conservative party. This party is pro-tax cut, anti-budget deficit(remember Mulroney), and is willing to cut some of the government-funded feminist and legal challenges programs. I'm still a Reformer at heart and wish dearly that Preston Manning had won a majority government. However, I see real hope with the Conservatives and believe that some time with a solid majority would allow them to move against other government programs(hopefully the human rights commissions and indian affairs).
Posted by: Bobby | 2008-10-04 9:12:03 PM
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