Interesting though somewhat slightly polemic piece in the Daily Telegraph by Simon Heffer. In a lengthy appraisal of David Cameron - something of an end-of-term report - Heffer states the opinion that Cameron is desperate not to arouse the displeasure of anybody as he plots his course into Number Ten.
Yet Heffer picks up on something that William Hague must surely know, that every Conservative must know, that UKIP must know and be either loving or fearing, and which 'Euro Sceptics' who are still weighting up their voting options certainly are being pre=occupied with. That the Conservatives, under Cameron, still haven't said enough about what they'll do regarding Europe.
As Simon Heffer writes: "The fear that besets the Conservative Party... is of being seen to favour what we used to call the party's core vote. I say 'used to' advisedly, for hundreds of thousands of them are predisposed to vote UKIP if a candidate is available: and in most places at the next general election one will be."
Heffer also raises an eyebrow in criticism at Cameron for failing to: "...stick up for those who fear the effects of the Treaty of Lisbon by offering to repeal that if it is enforced by the time he comes to office, because of the ructions that would cause among the Euro-fanatic minority".
And, frankly, doesn't Simon Heffer hit the nail pretty much on the head? While the LibLabCon might not realise or wish to face up to the fact that a significant number of people want action on the Lisbon Treaty and/or Britain's continuing membership of the European Union, those people know that the Conservatives are on course for Government.
...but many - Simon Heffer's "hundreds of thousands" if not millions - will not vote for the Conservatives unless they give cast iron promises on something a bit more wishy-washy than "we won't let matters rest there".
So, up to the Conservatives. They lost Stuart Wheeler and his millions to UKIP - are they really going to allow millions of voters to seek refuge and hope with UKIP, too?
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