December 12, 2005

David Cameron Breathes Life into Britain's Conservatives

By Christopher Chantrill
On Tuesday December 6, David Cameron was elected leader of the British Conservative Party.  He's the fourth leader since 1997 when John Major was defeated by Tony Blair and his New Labour Party.  Can he breathe life into the party, unlike his predecessors, William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith, and Michael Howard? Perhaps he can, because it is beginning to look as though the Labour Party is going the way of all British Labour governments.  Sooner or later they all run out of money, according to Tory stalwart Ken Clarke. Back in 1997 it looked as though New Labour had learned from the mistakes of Third Way compadre, Bill Clinton.  When Clinton came up to bat as president he promptly hit into a double play, enacting a big tax increase and pushing a huge government takeover of health care that prompted the American people to elect a Republican Congress in 1994.  Tony Blair learned from Clinton's mistake.  He promised not to increase income tax rates and not to...(Read Full Article)