There is a real buzz in the air here in Manchester – along with the realisation that we are on the verge of many months of hard work before the election, and many years of hard work to help repair the economy and get people back to work. Undoubtedly, people have a real spring in their step
There is a compelling narrative already emerging out of this conference. Whilst Labour’s jamboree last week seemed a thoroughly self-serving exercise, this week in Manchester is already shaping up to be a serious event, for serious times, making quite clear to the country that we are now ready to govern.
Labour’s exercise in mass delusion last week showed how out of touch with ordinary people’s concerns they really are. They have lost the will and, by and large, lost the ability to govern. At times last week, the Labour conference, and the reaction of the Government’s few remaining media cheerleaders resembling more sixth form tribalism than the annual gathering of a governing party. As (according to Con Home), sources at News International now believe – the Labour Party is now a juvenile party, which has lost its maturity and seriousness.
Manchester this week will show that we have considered policies (rather than the headline grabbing nonsense on display in Brighton last week) that will show to people that the country will be better run and their families will be better off under a Conservative Government. The priorities of the British people are now our priorities again – that is why we are emphasising measures to get people back to work; tackle anti social behaviour; help pensioners; and strengthen our democracy. After years of Labour’s broken promises and Brown’s misgovernment – hope is now back in the lexicon of British politics gain.
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I agree, but the conditions Labour will leave us with, should we win, make 1979 look like a cakewalk. I wouldn’t blame Mr Cameron if he were meditating on Wellington’s remark when surveying the attrition left behind after his victory at Waterloo: “Nothing except a battle lost can be half as melancholy as a battle won”.