I always think back to the seventies when the Republicans wouldn't let me into the US and the Soviets wouldn't let me into the Soviet Union. Two huge conservative governments so upset by one little voice just out of university!
Blair continues the conservative tradition in Britain, the legacy of Thatcher and Reagan ensures few have the passion for a world that is outraged by hunger and poverty when so many countries are potential hot spots in the world.
A conservative to me is one who is happy to see a permanent underclass, whether social or economic, to provide capitalism with its fodder for the next cycle of profit. It is amoral
Throughout my 30s and ealrly 40s conservatives wanted to turn back the clock to a victorian Britain, now our conservative PM wants to push us into an american market economy and public services. No thanks.
Once again, I have no one who speaks for me in my government, but there are many voices amongst ordinary people. Despite the above, we live in promising times.