Something that really bugs me...

[sparkindarkness]

About the Tories.

Now, there’s a lot of things that bug me about the Tories. I hate Labour’s current incarnation but it’s nothing compared to my loathing of the Tory party. It’s like the difference between the Flu and the Ebola Virus - while I can’t abide the flu, I’ll take it over bleeding from every orifice.

So, there are many things I loath about the Tories - but recently one has been niggling at me more and more.

The Tories treat politics like a game. They play it to score points. Now, to a degree every party does it - but the Tories try to score points no matter what. I think this can be particularly seen by the Labour policies they oppose so very vehemently:

ID cards, long periods of detention before trial (and the ridiculous dramatics surrounding their protest on that one), the Ghurkhas (despite Tory immigration stance), the DNA database...

Now I despise the government position on all of these things. But they are TORY policies. These are EXACTLY the positions they would take and have taken in the past. Rabid anti-immigration positions, loathsome human rights slashing, ridiculously disproportionate law and order proposals. These are Tory policies, Tory positions and at any other time they’d be waving pompoms and cheerleading them through Parliament (how’s THAT for a mental image?)

And it infuriates me. I mean, I’m glad that these vile policies are opposed - but the fact the Tories aren’t even true to their own rotten principles just solidifies my contempt for the whole party. The Lib Dems don’t pull crap like that - they may not have a clue where they stand on any issue, but when they DO finally have a policy, they stand by it.

Comments

[solid-squid.livejournal.com]

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a Tory supporter myself and don't really take much of an interest in politics outside of election time, but isn't it possible that they genuinely have changed their approach? I remember there was a big thing about how they were re-branding and trying a new approach, so might it not be possible that they're actually doing this as opposed to being two faced? (I realise that, being politicians, this is probably playing long odds. I thought it might be worth playing devil's advocate though)

[solid-squid.livejournal.com]

That said, it is interesting that Cameron voted in favour of the Iraq war *and* in favour of an investigation into it. You'd think he would have done the investigation before voting for it

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

The same can be said of many politicians.

Actuallyu, much as I loathe the man, this is one thing I can understand. The government flat LIED about the war on multiple occasions and to an extreme and almost unbelievable degree.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

I suppose it is possible they could have legitimately changed...

But when you look at policy THEY propose themselves (or promise) then it shows little deviation from standard tory tactics (acquire blood from virgins, fill bath, arrange new routes so you don't have to cross running water). They're still singing the same tune

They're rebranding and looking fluffier and being more touchy feely and less aggressive - but that's not really reflected in the things they want to implement - just on the PR