Or so Mr Pickles says:
“There’s a little Gladstone bust over there too … just to remind me who we are in coalition with,” says the Local Government Secretary, pointing to a bust of William Gladstone, the Liberal leader who sparred with Disraeli. Many Conservative supporters would say they do not need to be reminded of the Liberal Democrat element in this government.
David Cameron’s party may be riding high in the polls, but many grassroot supporters are increasingly concerned that the Prime Minister is leading a government more Lib Dem yellow that true blue Tory.
Last week Conservative association chairmen, party grandees, donors and young activists told The Sunday Telegraph they did not like the Coalition’s anti-business rhetoric. Subsidies for wind farms, planning reforms that threaten the green belt and the failure to cut red tape or taxes have also caused concern in Tory heartlands.
But Mr Pickles, a former party chairman, insists the coalition is driving through a radical Conservative agenda and that Mr Cameron is a true “heir of Thatcher”.
More of this crazy tulip from ze source: Eric Pickles: Conservatives are now more radical than Margaret Thatcher in full flight - Telegraph
More radical than taking milk away from kids? He must be having a
“There’s a little Gladstone bust over there too … just to remind me who we are in coalition with,” says the Local Government Secretary, pointing to a bust of William Gladstone, the Liberal leader who sparred with Disraeli. Many Conservative supporters would say they do not need to be reminded of the Liberal Democrat element in this government.
David Cameron’s party may be riding high in the polls, but many grassroot supporters are increasingly concerned that the Prime Minister is leading a government more Lib Dem yellow that true blue Tory.
Last week Conservative association chairmen, party grandees, donors and young activists told The Sunday Telegraph they did not like the Coalition’s anti-business rhetoric. Subsidies for wind farms, planning reforms that threaten the green belt and the failure to cut red tape or taxes have also caused concern in Tory heartlands.
But Mr Pickles, a former party chairman, insists the coalition is driving through a radical Conservative agenda and that Mr Cameron is a true “heir of Thatcher”.
More of this crazy tulip from ze source: Eric Pickles: Conservatives are now more radical than Margaret Thatcher in full flight - Telegraph
More radical than taking milk away from kids? He must be having a
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