Big Eric

Last Thursday I was delighted to listen to the Chairman of the Conservative Party, Eric Pickles, discuss the future should the people of the United Kingdom elect a Conservative government.

The thing that really delighted me was the passion with which he talked about being a party for everyone.  We cannot afford to be a party for the white middle classes.  Everyone has to see the benefit of a Conservative revolution.  If you’re unemployed in an inner-city or crofting in the outer-Hebrides, you should be able to feel the benefit of a future Conservative government.

Now that benefit may not be the one we’ve become used to under a centralized, high spending Labour government.  It may be less tangible than a rise in job seekers’ allowance.  I believe that benefit will be felt in terms old fashioned things that we’ve forgotten about under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.  The things a Conservative government will bring are economic stability, social mobility and a future worth passing on to the next generation. 

We can’t keep mortgaging our children’s inheritance.  The environment and the economy have been pillaged for too long.  Eric made it clear to everyone that listened – a future Conservative government will improve our lot today and help us salvage something from this government’s mess that is worth passing on.