Tory Democracy

Having urged little people from all walks of life to get involved in politics and be listened to for as long as the cuddliness holds out, Daveybloke is being criticised by one of his own MPs for requiring absolute loyalty and unswerving adherence to the party line. Surprisingly enough, the source of the problem is Twizzler Lansley's bill for demolishing the NHS, which has the enthusiastic agreement of almost everyone except the medical profession and the general public. The MP in question, a former doctor who is presumably worried about losing her new seat in short order, raised various concerns about the bill, including the fact that many of those who are scrutinising it have little or no direct experience of the NHS; whereupon Daveybloke's cuddly enforcers told her that she was not there to make suggestions on her own account, but to act as a mouthpiece for the Government. It's a rather embarrassing testament to the extent to which Daveybloke's Cuddly Coalition has left behind the bad old New Labour days when even some members of the Not Particularly Bright Party have begun to notice that Daveybloke's attempts to emulate Tony Blair's emulation of Margaret Thatcher may not altogether constitute what might reasonably be defined as a "new politics".