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Monday Nov 13, 2006
David Cameron is a girl
It has been said for some time that politics is a race to the centre, with both main parties desperate to cuddle up to middle-of-the-road, middle England; the political equivalent of Milton Keynes. But now it seems that the Tories and Labour have decided to go one further, replacing each other's original territory - at least in terms of rhetoric, if not policy.
Just recently we've had David Cameron, the leader of the Tories talking about a softer, more balanced approach to youth crime, focusing on rehabilitation and trying to understand why these kids are in trouble in the first place. You what? The Tories saying this?
Now enter John Reid, always the hard man of Labour's front bench and potential (gasp) candidate for leader of the party, who has basically said that Cameron is soft. And weak. And a girl.
"David Cameron's 'All You Need is Love' approach is not only wrong. It can be downright dangerous."
Then he really got stuck in and had a dig at Cameron's... postcode.
"With respect to David's Notting Hill set, I think I know who is in more tune with the vast majority of the British people."
If the vast majority of British people (or even Labour voters) are like John Reid, then the Labour Party may as well re-brand once and for all as the Tories. And for those of us who are keen to know who has the best interests of young people at heart, the goalposts aint where they used to be. Posted by Dom Waghorn ( 4:47 PM ) Link to this post Comments[0]
