Huggy Behr in The Guardian asks what ideological legacy Cameron will leave. Daft
question. Cameron is a public relations man not a political thinker. PR men
leave smudges, some of them on underpants, not ideas or policies.
Cameron's basic
principle is the survival of Cameron. To ensure that he's happy to chuck
overboard everything he once appeared to support but really didn't. So hug a
hoodie becomes ‘hit their benefits’. Hug a huskie becomes green crap. Euro enthusiasm becomes flirting
with Brexit. No top down reorganisation of the NHS becomes the biggest ever.
And so it goes on, but don't assume that the new principles are Cam's real
views either. Like his earlier effusions they'll all change again if necessary,
because the basic rule in political PR is "Here are my principles. If you
don't like them I'll change them".
Perhaps it's better now to change the man than
have him find another set of principles.
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