Writing on the Lansley/Burnham fight, Iain Martin is disparaging about consensus whether over elderly care or anything else. No wonder, he thinks, Cameron broke up the love-in, and a good job too.
"Consensus is the enemy of democratic scrutiny and effective national policy."
Yes.
Lansley is not destined for a Conservative Cabinet. Not because of what he does but because of how he thinks. Like St Joan Bakewell, she of the outraged luvvie spluttering (calm down dear, it's not a real job) Lansley is wrong and Cameron is right.
Enough with the cosy already. Enough with the droning about fairness and enough with the Brownian crocodile tears. We need coherent, principled decisions leading to decisive action. Time for the smack of firm gummint. Time for a big Tory majority. Which we are going to get. And how.
What's that noise? Hissing?
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