The Conservative Party and the EU

David Cameron has finally come out and spoken on the EU, astutely he has chosen the Sun newspaper as his forum, read it from here. I have never supported David Cameron as leader of the main opposition party and have been critical from well before his election. The following comments are, however, intended to be constructive as with the present political situation it now appears certain that he will be the only creditable alternative at the next General Election. 'Dave' has sold himself as a moderniser, and in modern politics it has recently been true that outright lying, disingenuosity, deviousness, deceit, hiding your past, never admitting mistakes and putting self at the forefront of your own political objectives have all become standard practice under the catch-all heading of 'spin'. David Cameron, if he is ever to be Prime Minister must now rid himself of such associations. In re-inventing himself he must do what he has stated was his first objective upon election, namely restoring the credibility and reputation of the Conservative Party which he has so far only further sullied. To accomplish such a feat he must return to the lies of Edward Heath, identify those accomplices to such lies still powerful within his party and establish an honest and clear position regarding Britain's future in the EU which now affects EVERY area of national policy. Mr Cameron must re-manufacture 'modern' to mean 'honest', to do that will require nailing some longstanding buried skeletons. Ironis that Toby Helm today mentions fear of a Labour split possibly forcing a referendum. A split there must be in both parties, for the EU elephant may no longer be ignored.