Life under DC

Oh how I wish by DC I meant the delightful David Coulthard, wouldn’t that be a treat.

Unfortunately the DC I refer to is David Cameron. And, due to Labour and Gordon Brown’s lacklustre performance of late, I think we all know that, come next summer, Cameron will be running the country. I’m not normally a defeatist, but this is pretty much a foregone conclusion.

So how will the country change. I’m not normally a pessimist either, nor do I pretend to be a political historian of any authority, but what happened the last time the conservatives went into government ? Utilities, railways, and many other national industries were privatised; Financial services were deregulated; interest rates were the highest on record. So that all worked out really well then didn’t it?

To be fair, the conservatives do have a reputation of willingness to be ruthless with welfare, something I would support them in if it weren’t for the appearance of most conservatives that as long as they’re alright, who cares about the poor. And I admit, I have been genuinely impressed with Cameron himself. He seems to care. But this is the problem, he SEEMS to care. Cameron is just the pretty face the party are using to front them. He’s just the PR guy. It will still be the old Etonian boys that will be making all the decisions.

The only positive thing I can see coming our way at the moment is that the conservatives realise they will be picking up the keys to number 10 next May, and are actually making some solid plans. So they should be well prepared...but I think I’ll be fixing my mortgage rate before May!