Aide memoire for Tim Montgomerie and Fraser Nelson

September 2007 - "Many Conservatives are less than keen on Project Cameron. What we have to remember, however, is that David Cameron is the only man who can stop Brown from winning and gradually undoing the work of Margaret Thatcher. It's always better to be in government than out of office - unable to influence the course of our country. We all need to remember that in these important few weeks. Five more years of Labour - with* Brown in charge and none of Blair's reformism - will create a population that will be so state-dependent that a real Conservative Party will find it very difficult to win a majority again."

How quickly some people forget.

This is a moment in which it is urgently necessary to discard some aspects of doctrinaire Conservatism (an oxymoron if ever there was one) in order to defeat our two greatest national enemies: the Labour Party and economic catastrophe, the harsh reality of which has yet to become apparent to most people but which may yet be ameliorated by swift, pragmatic action.

When those wars are won, we can put down our arms and revisit the beautifully illuminated books of the old faith.

Meanwhile, there is only one prayer: From these our enemies, O Lord deliver us. To which the response is: God helps those who help themselves.

* or without