Thursday, October 6, 2011

Conservative conference

Basically, it highlighted the problems with the coalition and within the Tories.
Cameron made some errors and quickly adjusted his speech accordingly after having leaked their content to see how the Tories viewed his comments.
Then all he could do was to ask people to show the 'Bulldog' spirit which means he can't think of anything else.
Highlights:

* The Prime Minister pledged to introduce new tax breaks for married couples, although there was no detail on when or how the tax system would be reformed. This was made after comments by Ian Duncan-Smith who highlighted before the conference that the PM hadn't introduced what he promised.
Amid fears among his aides that Mr Cameron is alienating women, the speech also reiterated a pledge to make Britain more family-friendly. The Conservative leader also stressed his awareness of the problems faced by millions of people struggling to cope with higher household bills. Not sure how this stops alienating women?
* Mr Cameron expressed his frustration at European regulations which were hindering enterprise – and promised to do everything possible to free up business in a bid to kick-start the economic recovery.
No details how!
* A new “focus” on adoption was announced, with councils warned they must end politically-correct guidelines which blocked inter-racial adoptions. He also expressed his concern at the “apartheid between our private and state schools” which he described as “one of the biggest wasted opportunities in our country”. 
He didn't go further with Politically Correct uselessness!
* The Conservative leader launched a robust defence of controversial proposals to reform the planning system. However, he said he was “open to constructive ideas” as ministers prepare to water down parts of the proposed reforms. Backtracking.
* The courts were ordered to make the “speedy justice” introduced in the wake of the riots the norm. Mr Cameron said that his “driving mission in politics” was to create a stronger society where people knew the difference between “right and wrong”. The courts just adjourned 99% of the riot hearings so it didn't really do anything.
In the speech, the Prime Minister also compared the decision to intervene in Libya to his determination to tackle the country’s economic problems.
“When it came to that decision to help the Libyan people, there was something dispiriting about the debate here in Britain,” Mr Cameron said. “It wasn’t that some people thought we shouldn’t do what we did – that it’s never right – that’s a point of view and of course it’s everyone’s right to disagree.
“It was that too many thought Britain actually couldn’t do something like that any more. And you hear that kind of pessimism about our economic future, our social problems, our political system. That our best days are behind us. That we’re on a path of certain decline. Well I’m here to tell you that it isn’t true.”
What will Libya give the Uk? Nothing! The new government said it will not favour the Brits. After the last bombing by USA the French sneaked in and took all contracts. Watch them do it again, saying they played a major part!


Over the next weeks this conference will be ripped apart!

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