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Cameron praises Blair leadership (BBC, 1/30/06)

Tory leader David Cameron is expected to praise the prime minister in a speech where he will set out his vision for modern Conservatism. [...]

In his speech, Mr Cameron will praise Mr Blair, saying the prime minister saw his task as "preserving the fruits of the Thatcher revolution". [...]

Mr Cameron will add that Labour's move towards what was traditionally Tory ground devastated the Conservatives.

"We were left opposing a prime minister who claimed that his aims, even his means of achieving those aims, were far closer to our own."

Diabolical! If the Tories can embrace Blair completely enough to make Labour react by rejecting him, Conservatives get sole possession of the Third Way, as they have here in the States. If Mr. Cameron is this smart he's been seriously underestimated even in his own party.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 30, 2006 7:06 AM