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The centre ground graveyard.




 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/9591872/David-Cameron-Conservatives-will-never-vacate-the-centre-ground.html


 David Cameron: Conservatives will never vacate the centre ground



















The "Centre Ground" of British politics, is in reality a graveyard of political ideas and credibility. More importantly perhaps, the lemming like rush to the centre, so popular with Blair and the other self seeking band of "New Labour2 is responsible for the increasing apathy and disillusionment of people in this country with politicians and electoral activities. "They are all the same when they get elected",  is a damming critique of politics and has never been more true. Declining membership of the Labour Party (and the fall in Trade Union membership) throughout the country, demonstrates that working people feel less and less part of the democratic process in Britain and that their views and aspirations are of little value as the major parties vie for position in the "centre".  It is the media who win elections, for the party they choose to support at any particular time, by influencing their individual readerships to vote for (those who bother to vote of course) this or that party. The allegiance of media support is at best fickle and will change from election to election. "IT WAS THE SUN THAT WON IT !" screamed the headline on Saturday 11 April 1992 when the Conservatives won the general election. In 1997, the Sun switched sides and hailed the New Labour victory of Tony Blair. Milliband said earlier this week that Labour must regain the centre ground. Now Cameron says that the Conservatives will never vacate the centre ground. Ed, there is nothing there. Let Cameron and his ConDem coalition have it, and return to the proper place of the Labour Party. Bring back some credibility to British politics and give the people of this country something to vote for.
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