The Labour Party under John Smith was well on the way to getting elected when the poor bugger went and died on them, and in a fit of panic they elected Young Tony because he looked the most likely to appeal to Tory voters.

It's true that at present, if you want a Tory government, this one in power at the present is a good bit better than the other bunch.

However, after another crushing defeat they'll probably repackage themselves as the Progressive Party, and reposition themselves to the left of New Labour.

Can anyone come up with any policies under this government which couldn't perfectly consistently have been adopted by a pre-Thatcherite Tory party?