Last night I managed to catch a programme on David CaMoron. J tried to watch it with an open mind, but I’m now more certain than ever that the guy is a numpty. Some of his ideas simply hold up to scrutiny: as one professor of politics they interviewed put it, if you actually unpack some of his ideas, you find them barren of substance. For example, unlike Thatcher, CaMoron says he believes in society, but that society isn’t the same as the state. He wants things to be community oriented, but wants government to take a back seat. In other words, he wants things like charities to take over the responsibilities of the state.

Is this 2010 or 1860? This is the type of stuff the Tory party were saying in the nineteenth century. Back they then believed the deserving poor should be cared for by charity, and the rest were just lazy. By the turn of the twentieth century, the liberal party had figured out that this system did not work. What is needed is a centralised wealfare state – a top down approach – not a charity based system. My partner and I get benefits – we do not want to rely on charity like some good little cripples. People give to charity to make themselves feel better, to salve their consciousess. They do it by choice, which means it would be an unreliable, under funded system of support. But Tories like this system because they can pay less tax and keep more money; the rest of us can either starve or work harder, or go begging to charities Tories sometimes give to to salve their consciouses. It is an utterly selfish mode of thinking, despite what CaMoron would have us believe. CaMoron’s views are patronising, condescending and selfish; in short downright stupid. I’m sorry, but I really do hate that bastard.