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The Cameroon is in Deep Trouble
Can Tories Stave Off Yet Another Disaster?
That first TV debate was truly dreadful. And Clegg “won”? Are you kidding?
The plain truth is that the other two lost.
And the Cameroon lost most of all. Because he had the most to win!
Clegg is no Churchill. Suggesting he is, as the media reported afterwards, is an outrageous insult to
the greatest Englishman of modern times.
There can be no such comparison, not least because Clegg has so far achieved virtually nothing in
public life. The people who make such a ridiculous comparison merely display their woeful
ignorance of modern history.
But such odious comparisons merely highlight the problem the Cameroon has created for himself.
He has voluntarily vacated the political high ground.
Trying to sound like the other two parties is bad enough. Using the same wishy-washy words
like ‘fairness’ and ‘rights’, without defining either, is even worse. Talking endlessly about ‘health,
education and crime’, as if they were the only things that mattered, merely adds to his problems and
reinforces his sameness.
Is this to be the “me too” election?
In which case the Tories are on the way to yet another disaster.
Somehow, and fast, the Cameroon has to set himself and his party apart.
The two key lines of attack he should be using are:
A brutal demolition the Nu-Labour record; and
A clear agenda of fundamental changes designed to improve the lot of the British both domestically
and on the world stage.
On both counts there are open goals everywhere you look.
My blog of 7th April,
“And Now They Want to be Re-Elected???” provided more than enough ammunition
for the first.
Now here’s a short agenda, by no means exhaustive, for the second:
Enterprise:
We will create an environment for enterprise and minimal state interference. Individuals know
much better than any government how to spend and invest what they earn.
We will find the wisdom and strength to create an economic environment that allows the maximum
personal freedom for each individual, family and community so that they might thrive, free from interference
from any third parties, including the government itself. People and businesses should be allowed to make
their own mistakes, and free also to sort them out Taxation:
By far the best way to trigger such an explosion of enterprise, and the creation of new jobs and
wealth, is by minimising taxation.
Imagine what would happen if the British government abolished all but the basic rate of tax.
The British economy would be transformed. Unemployment would virtually disappear overnight.
So, after getting the debt problem at least under control, promise to reduce the tax take to under 20% of GDP,
aiming at 10% (where it was 100 years ago). The beneficial effect on our economy would be explosive,
and the remaining debt would simply disappear over time.
The replacement of VAT with a simple sales tax would also have a dramatic beneficial effect on the British
economy. So would the introduction of a tax regime which encouraged marriage and children born into a
stable family environment.
The EU: If the Tories still can’t bring themselves to face the totalitarian bureaucracy of Brussels reality,
here’s a short-term vote winner which would at least put down a marker. And – when implemented –
it would hugely benefit almost everyone in the UK.
Tell Brussels that the new Tory government will immediately introduce a thorough cost:benefit analysis of
every new EU directive and regulation before acceptance by the UK. Tell Brussels also that all existing EU
legislation is to be subjected retrospectively to a similar cost:benefit analysis with a view to abolishing
those ‘laws’ that fail to meet the necessary criteria.
(In 2005 I put down a series of questions on applying cost:benefit analysis to all new EU legislation.
After struggling to find a convincing answer, eventually the Commission’s best excuse for not undertaking
such a review was that the criteria would be different in each country. Which is precisely why each country
should hold such analysis for itself and in its own best interests.)
Such a commitment, even if the Cameroon is afraid to go any further on the issue of the EU, would sweep up a
bucket-load of potential UKIP doubters.
Waste of Public Money: There are truly gigantic savings to be made by abolishing the scores of quangos and
non-jobs in the public services. For example: Betty Woad is an appointee in the DEFRA, formerly the
Ministry of Agriculture, who heads up something which exults under the Alice in Wonderland title of
The England Walking Initiative. Her salary is £247,000 a year. Legions of Betty Woads exist in British
government today. They should all go and get themselves real jobs.
Expose Nu-Labour’s dire warnings of the ‘threat to public services’ for the utter humbug it is.
There are shed-loads of money to be saved, and there’s a good chance public services would improve as a result.
Only real people doing real jobs would be left.
Employment: Restore the right of employers to employ the best candidate for any job.
Health: Restructure hospital managements so that doctors’ clinical judgements and patients needs come first.
Doctors and nurses should decide. Managers should manage.
Restore matrons and their powers to manage wards.
Criminal Justice: Immediate restoration of Habeas Corpus and the protection of British law whenever a
foreign country seeks extradition of a British national. The prima facie case against him or her must
be heard and decided by a British court.
Public Services: Restore British ownership of essential public services and protect our vital national interests
using Mrs Thatcher’s famous golden share principle.
There can be no foreign majority ownership of essential British utilities.
Farming: Restore the right of British farmers to grow whatever they like.
Fishing: Ban all foreign fishing vessels in a 200 miles area around UK coasts
Defence: Restore spending on defence to at least five per cent of total public spending to ensure the armed
forces have the capabilities and resources to defend this country and assist where needed in
peace-keeping duties around the globe.
Migration: Re-establish clear difference between economic migration and genuine pleas for asylum.
Britain should accept its share of genuine refugees but without necessarily offering British nationality.
The Immigration Service should be focused on identifying and completing genuine cases within
one month, using tough and fair criteria.
All visa applications to be made from abroad. No visa, no travel.
Limit work permits to essential workers only. No right to benefits. ‘Support yourself and your families
or leave’.
Encourage the return of immigrants to their own countries. ‘Be a part of the British way of life or leave.’
Deport all illegal immigrants and convicted criminals not born in the UK. Encourage voluntary repatriation.
Ban visas to all Imams who are unable to speak English, and those known to preach violence.
Deport Imams who preach incitement to violence.
Segregate revolutionary Islamists from the general prison population.
Prevent infiltration of extremist Islamic views into the government, police and armed services by
positive vetting of applicants and routine monitoring afterwards.
If, given where we now are, and how Nu-Labour steered us into such execrable mire, a political
agenda along those lines won’t win the next election, the time has come to pack up and leave.
So the real question is this: does the Cameroon have the wisdom and the courage?
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