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Cameron’s totally, completely new idea

By Iain Roberts | Wed 25th November 2009 - 5:52 pm

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David Cameron has had a new idea – a real original. As the Guardian reports:

A new Conservative government may keep parliament sitting through next August in an attempt to show its determination to implement its manifesto commitments, a source has disclosed. The move would send a message of a symbolic break with the current parliament’s self-serving practices, the source said.

Clearly, this is in no way related to Nick Clegg’s 100 days campaign earlier this year in which Clegg said:

Together, over the next 100 days, we could achieve nothing less than the total reinvention of British politics, underpinned by the fundamental principles of accountability, transparency and probity. These months would become a great moment in British political history, rather than a shabby footnote to a shameful month of revelations.

A pity the Conservatives didn’t support that attempt to end parliament’s self-serving practices – just think what could have already been achieved.

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2 Comments

Matt Wardman 26th Nov '09 - 5:28pm

Trying hard to think of a policy which hasn’t been Lib Dem at some time in the past…

😉
David 27th Nov '09 - 4:19pm

Matt that is what the Tory Right wing keep saying

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