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Time is on his side. Legolas Send a noteboard - 02/03/2012 11:57:02 PM
I think the issue for me is if he has actually changed minds or merely managed to promote a minority of people within the party who agree with him to high up with little impact on the attitude of the Tory party and supporters as a whole, I suspect it is the latter. I think Cameron does believe in what he is doing... I'm not sure it goes much deeper in the Tory party than that though - time will tell if it holds once he is out of office.

Look at Spain - the conservatives got back in power there, but they're not stupid enough to waste their political capital on trying to dial back the gay marriage the socialists introduced. The same would be true in the UK, and a fortiori if the Conservative Party is the one to introduce gay marriage in the first place. But in general, too - gay rights are far more widely accepted among the young, even in more conservative places like the US. I don't see Cameron losing his grip anytime soon, and if at some point in the future the Conservative Party is dominated by people further to the right again, time will have moved against them and further eroded their support on that kind of issue. Besides, I'm not sure the Tories stand much of a chance of forming a government if their leaders are much further right than Cameron's crew is - he got the win by safely staying in the centre.
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All signs point to no. *NM* Chas - 03/03/2012 03:17:59 AM 233 Views
I told him to check - looks like people are taking themselves seriously. nossy - 03/03/2012 11:09:49 AM 416 Views
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Interesting article snoopcester - 01/03/2012 10:09:05 PM 599 Views
Yes, well, turning a party around takes time. Legolas - 01/03/2012 10:33:33 PM 440 Views
That is true but it is never a sure thing that it will hold snoopcester - 02/03/2012 12:55:05 PM 408 Views
Time is on his side. Legolas - 02/03/2012 11:57:02 PM 373 Views
I agree with most of this snoopcester - 04/03/2012 11:28:14 AM 486 Views
What's with the lag? *NM* Legolas - 01/03/2012 10:38:31 PM 160 Views
I blame Ben *NM* snoopcester - 02/03/2012 12:55:56 PM 184 Views
So they are threatening to murder homosexuals to make us stop giving them charity? Joel - 02/03/2012 10:31:46 AM 409 Views
Why the West spends it time and money babying savages across the world is a fucking mystery to me. Dan - 04/03/2012 03:45:40 PM 600 Views
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