The Cameron Premiership - As Seen From the Right
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David Cameron’s premiership is being subjected to some intense scrutiny from right-wing pundits at the moment. Owen Moelwyn-Hughes posted last week on Tim Montgomerie’s Daily Mail piece. Well, in case you haven’t fully absorbed that, Montgomerie has passed his message on to the New Statesman this week. Montgomerie is, of course, the editor of Cameron-sceptic website Conservative Home, and he clearly feels that his basic message - that Mr. C is failing to give due attention to his right-wing backbenchers - needs a wider audience. In addition to Mr. Montgomerie’s New Statesman piece, James Kirkup, in that bastion of Thatcherism the Daily Telegraph, is also providing a detailed assessment of Cameron’s style of governing. Not wholly surprisingly, Mr. Kirkup thinks it is failing. Doubtless he will tell us soon that Hosni Mubarak’s in trouble too. They may have an agenda, but these commentators are providing considerable material for students and teachers to mull over as they try and consider just what type of Prime Minister Mr. Cameron is. And if you want a little icing on the cake, yet another Cameron-sceptic right-winger - Iain Martin at the Wall Street Journal - has this illuminating comment on the appointment of Craig Oliver as the new No. 10 Communications Chief. I don’t want to give too much away, but Mr. Martin thinks the appointment is the wrong one. Naturally.
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