He really is a compassionate conservative. He's a one-nation conservative, who believes we are all in this together. |
He represents a reversion to a traditional pre-Thatcher conservatism, but more Harold Macmillan (premier from 1957-1964) than Ted Heath (premier from 1970-1974). He once observed that Thatcher was needed in her day, but times have changed and so have the challenges. |
He will be pragmatic, and in many ways his views are not yet fully formed. When I said exactly that on a TV program in Britain I ran into Cameron outside the studio, and he thanked me for saying it and indicated that he rather agreed. |