The bores of perception
Can anybody get me some of whatever they’ve got George Osborne on?
George Osborne claimed Gordon Brown, the next prime minister, had “abandoned the centre ground of public service reform to the Conservative Party”.
Them’s some mighty hallucinogens he’s scored.
You know, I don’t know why Tories whine about New Labour. Over the last ten years the Tories have pretty much got what they wanted while New Labour got all the vitriol. The denigrating of foreigners? Check. Ongoing privatisation? Check. The rich getting richer? Check. Manufacturing smashed? Check. Arms sales on the up and up? Check.
Where are the signs, however subtle, that any of this is going to change under Brown? I’ve missed them. This is the man, it can’t be stressed enough, who financed the New Labour project from the second it got into power.
Just what is the Tories problem? They’re in power if not in government. If I were George I’d give it a rest and go and spend more time with whatever it is that’s altering his perception.
Posted on May 30th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
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…Manufacturing smashed? Check…
Not getting a little right wing in your old age. Justin?
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, but what about the presentation? Notwithstanding policies and other trivia, Daveybloke is more presentable than Brown, and therefore deserves to play with the big train set.
It’s electioneering – claim that you represent the reasonable, moderate, centre ground, and the other guys are desperate extremists with a long track record of {insert stereotype here}. Politics isn’t half as much fun if you’re in opposition. Osborne and Cameron’s job is to get elected. Then, with their feet under the Downing Street desks, they can decide if they actually want to do anything different from New Labour. I don’t think they’ll bother – apart from the direction the scraps of red meat are thrown to placate the party base, of course.