We hate SO’s and don’t want them to live within some arbitrary distance to schools, daycares, parks, public pools, bus stops, and “places where children are likely to congregate” AND we don’t want them to leave the country!

Now there’s this: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/every-child-born-safe

Asquith, the point about lowering spending through small government is something that I’m sure the Conservatives are very keen on. Whether restriction of intrusive laws is part of that remains to be seen.

Cameron would be better off going for them, offering more sensible spending policies, lower taxes, controlled immigration, achievable policies to conserve our natural environment, a restriction of intrusive laws on social & economic matters (focusing immediately on ID cards, 42 days & what have you, in the long term on all the nany state hysteria), personal responsibility, encouragement of the voluntary sector, & a firm stance on the European Union.

It would not be hard to unveil such policies. As I am not partisan, I would welcome it if it were sincere. But I consider him to be weak & beholden to reactionaries in his party & this imaginary picture he has of a Daily Mail reading voter who must be placated at all costs.

He should also sort out the outrage that is sixth form & university education

In the past, we have all known what the conservatives stood for, they would never leave us in doubt, now however, they simply avoid difficult questions such as “what would you do?”. Cameron and co would, in my humble opinion, gain more support if they gave us a cluse as to where they stood on important issues, rather than just poining out the obvious, what is wrong.

Then again, I always thought civil liberties were a matter of principle, not posturing.

I remain hopeful that things will not get worse, but worry that we will see the birth of “ratchet authoritarianism” 30 years after we dealt with ratchet socialism…

http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2008/09/08/telford-tries-its-hand-at-facism/