Last Action Tory?

What do you think of when you see David Cameron? A pile of steaming shit? A smug public school tosser? Some city twat acting as a front man for his asset-stripping stock broker chums? Well 'Dave' (as he likes us to think of him), has said that when people look at him, he wants them to think of Arnold Schwarzenneger. Now, that sort of thing might work with his wife, but believe me, the rest of us won't start swooning and saying 'grip with your big muscular arms as you give me one up the jackisie Arnie, sorry, Dave'. I suppose that there is a passing resemblance between the two - both seen as a bit of a joke novelty politicians, who seem to have wandered into the political arena because their previous careers had stalled. Of course 'Dave' wants us to identify him with Governor Schwarzenneger, the conservative, yet progressive political leader who cares about the environment, likes homosexuals, takes steroids, gropes women and is the son of a Nazi. Well, maybe not the last three. After a rocky period when he was getting creamed in the polls, the nonsense surrounding the election-that-never-was has seen Cameron's ratings climb. So, naturally, his ego has sprung back into action and he's back strutting around the Commons and jetting around the world trying to tell us he's a world statesman. It won't last. We were here a few years ago when those wankers decided to blockade oil refineries because the price of petrol had gone up - the Tories soared in the polls, only to collapse and lose another general election. They just can't keep it up. Trust me, 'Dave' will be no different.

Mind you, I often think that perhaps the electorate need a dose of Tory government, just to remind them of how bloody awful they are. I lived through those grim Thatcher/Major years. It wasn't pretty. People always conveniently forget that those tempting tax cuts can only be achieved through a wholesale slashing of public services, from refuse collection to health care. Sure, some people did well out of those years, but believe me, the prosperity wasn't evenly distributed. Whilst those city-types like Cameron and his ilk were raking it in, many, many more poor bastards at the bottom got pushed even further down into the shit. We're still reaping the terrible consequences of the Tories' policies on housing - inadequate stocks of social housing and hundreds of thousands of mis-sold mortgages and their recipients being forced into arrears and repossession. If that buffoon Boris Johnson, (a testament to how effective the 'old boy network' and having gone to the right schools still is in allowing complete idiots to rise to the top in contemporary Britain), becomes London Mayor, we'll have a living reminder of Tory mismanagement. However, he's bound to succeed in insulting some section of the capital's electorate during his campaign - probably commenting on the marvellous contribution West Indians have made to London's culture by supplying all those colourful pimps and drug dealers. What a card, eh?