Cameron article by Peter Luff MP

Iain Dale has mentioned this article written by Conservative MP Peter Luff in support of David Cameron and suggests that it is 'well worth a read'.

I agree with Iain, everybody interested in politics should read this. I don't think the article is rocket science, it didn't need to be, it just provides a perfect summary of why Dave is the right bloke at the right time. At the end of his piece Peter Luff mentions 4 things that David Cameron stands for:

'First he believes in the virtue of people taking control of
their lives, in families, in communities and in voluntary organisations. Unlike
Gordon Brown, he does not believe the state knows best. This means, for example,
that taxes will be lower, power exercised more locally and marriage properly
protected only under a Conservative government.

Second, he believes in the old words that we should be in
Europe but not run by Europe. He is holding the government to its promise of a
referendum on the new European treaty – or constitution to give it its more
accurate name. Gordon Brown is seeking to sell Britain down the river and break
his manifesto promise.

Third, he believes in protecting the liberties of the British
people, so brutally trampled under foot by this government. On a range of
issues, from giving parliament an opportunity to repeal the hunting ban to
opposition to identity cards, he has demonstrated his opposition to Labour’s
authoritarian state.

Fourth, he respects the institutions s of this nation. His
instinct is to stand up for the organisations and structures that have served us
well, and not, like Gordon Brown, to cast them heedlessly to one side. We will
protect parliament, the legal system and all those other manifestations of our
liberties and traditions that support and nurture the country of which we are so
proud, but which Labour does not begin to understand.

I would add a 5th, which is that David Cameron recognises that, wherever practical, decision-making should be delegated to the lowest possible level. This is something that all 3 major political parties have talked about (albeit following an agenda set by DC), but only David Cameron has put any real meat on the bones of this policy - New Labour's recent initiatives in this area have so far been nothing but tokenistic and follow Gordon Brown's horrendous centralisation agenda. I know this is touched on in hte first of these four areas - but it does not give this important aspect of the Cameron agenda enough credence.