Comments on: The ‘Broken Society’ vs ‘Back to Basics’

By: Liberal Conspiracy » How important is ‘civility’ in society? | creating a new liberal-left alliance

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:18:54 +0000

[...] pm Last week I looked at the Conservative crusade against the ‘broken society’, and pondered why that campaign had found resonance where John Major’s ‘back to basics’ had failed. [...]

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:39:24 +0000

The Cameron stuff is Cameron at his most unashamedly Blairite. I agree that philosophical shift is clear. Not really sure where Cameron’s line might actually lead in terms of practical policies.

Beyond wasting a lot of money trying to incentivise marriage, nor do I. I notice that Chris Grayling tried to stake out a distinct position by threatening to give ‘yobs’ a ’21st century clip round the ear’ by allowing the police to steal their mobile phones. Awful, unworkable stuff. But generally speaking, I’m not sure there’s an awful lot of space for the Tories to occupy which is to the right of Labour on law & order issues.

Cheers for the comment.

By: beanbagsandbullsh1t

beanbagsandbullsh1t — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:04:13 +0000

It’s an interesting comparison. The Major stuff was archaic in the 1990s but reading it again now, it’s got a slightly bizarre other-worldly quality which almost makes me nostalgic for the days when it might have been a serious political position.

The Cameron stuff is Cameron at his most unashamedly Blairite. I agree that philosophical shift is clear. Not really sure where Cameron’s line might actually lead in terms of practical policies.