Forget it Dave, the wedding's off
The Times has carried a shortened version of a report from Conservative Home about the sort of parliamentary party David Cameron may find himself leading after the next General Election. A majority of one would leave Cameron with 50% of his party new to the Commons, whilst the Tories’ private hopes for 140 new MPs and a majority of around 15 will leave the party with a majority of new boys and girls.
However a survey carried out in seats on a list of the 100 most-winnable constituencies and those already held gives Cameron bad news. If he becomes Prime Minister, David Cameron will head a party dominated by MPs more socially conservative and far less concerned with the environment than he is. Of those Conservatives likely to be elected in a Conservative majority:
- 15% believe climate change is a more important issue than terrorism;
- 40% support higher ‘green taxes’, offset by the lower taxation of families;
- 83% support a significant expansion of nuclear power;
- 94% believe that too much power has been transferred to the European Union;
- 93% strongly support the reintroduction of the married couples tax allowance;
- 85% of those polled support a more restrictive abortion law;
- 71% support the right of religious adoption agencies not to place children with same-sex couples;
- 86% are keen to change the Barnett funding formula;
- 119 of 120 Tory candidates in marginal seats want to repeal the ban on foxhunting.
The Conservatives continue to use the slogan ‘Vote Blue, Go Green’ in local elections, but it appears that this will prove to be empty rhetoric under a Conservative government. As The Times puts it, ‘greenhorns with no green credentials’. So much for the lovebombing, eh?
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