tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post7040210854616999126..comments2024-01-13T10:12:47.756+00:00Comments on Ranting Stan: Cameron and the pollsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-35259368486833561942006-12-21T11:58:00.000+00:002006-12-21T11:58:00.000+00:00I think you are right, xoggoth - we are disenfranc...I think you are right, xoggoth - we are disenfranchised. I wouldn't say that I am convinced by UKIP yet - far from it - just that there are signs that they may be starting to get serious as a party. They have a long way to go yet.<br /><br />Thanks for the vote of confidence on the blog, too. I do appreciate the comments I get so if you get the chance to comment please do - but don't worry if you can't. I have stats monitoring that tells me how many visits I get and I have to say I am truly amazed that there are so many people from such a wide variety of places visiting my blog - amny of them coming back day after day!<br /><br />I know from previous comments that you're not a fan of religion, but although I might make the odd comment on my Christianity here and there, I'm not here to evangelise. Hey, some of my best friends are atheist!<br /><br />;-)Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-4923044651811742132006-12-20T23:23:00.000+00:002006-12-20T23:23:00.000+00:00I find Cameron appalling but I was a lot less pol...I find Cameron appalling but I was a lot less polite on my blog. I find it frustrating that anyone on the moderate right should now be so totally disenfranchised. Like you, I now regard UKIP as the only party that might not a total waste of a vote.<br /><br />Rarely comment here as I have a problem doing so in the week due to technical probs on laptop but may I say I really like your blog. Apart from anything to do with secularism and religion (as I am a fundamentalist raving atheist) it is what I would like to have written if I could be bothered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-39968080785161901062006-12-19T08:52:00.000+00:002006-12-19T08:52:00.000+00:00I think that you are right to say that it demonstr...I think that you are right to say that it demonstrates a lack of principle from the leaders of the party, but I believe the bulk of the membership are still people who believe in conservatism and what it stands for. Cameron has abandoned these people in his quest to appeal to the floating voters and I believe that many of the Tory core have now had enough - hence their dip in the polls, but no increase to Labour or the Lib Dems.<br /><br />As you say, Tom, it will only be a matter of time before the pendulum swings back to the right - in fact, I believe it already is - but there won't be a Tory party on the right to vote for!<br /><br />I also think the Labour party have also been guilty of ignoring their core voters in recent years, but at least they recognise this.<br /><br />BNP have made inroads at the expense of Labour and if UKIP could do the same with Tory voters we could see a significant switch in British politics over the next 10-20 years.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-55780304258124689102006-12-18T22:14:00.000+00:002006-12-18T22:14:00.000+00:00I think that Cameron's big "shift to the centre" d...I think that Cameron's big "shift to the centre" demonstrates a lack of self-belief and lack of principle among the Tory party. <br />Michael Howard's 2005 election campaign was, I thought, a good one. And although the Con's didn't win (obviously!), they did gain more seats than they had before. I see no real reason for them to abandon traditional conservative views and chase after the swing-voters. Surely it would only be a matter of time before the natural 'pendulum' of public opinion gets fed up with Labour and votes the Con party in again. <br />I'm sure David Cameron is a nice chap, but the more I hear from him, the less I like his political approach.Gavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843996857494739064noreply@blogger.com