Cameron the great leader?

I find it very amusing that David Cameron is suddenly being lauded as a great leader on the back of his reaction to the expenses scandal. As an ex-military man, I have been shown enough examples of good leaders to recognise one and I’m afraid I don’t see David Cameron in that light. I will freely admit that he has shown more leadership than Messrs Brown and Clegg, but that is akin to getting a good result in a football match against the Long John Silver impersonators. A good leader is one who sets the agenda and leads, rather than one whose greatest attribute is that they react quickest to the latest disaster. A good leader anticipates problems, sets trends and, in the case of politics, has policies that are ahead of their time.

My point is best illustrated by the two policies that the Tories have come up with recently. The first was to have a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty – a thoroughly laudable policy even if it will be too late by the time they can come to power. However, this has been a Libertas Policy since we started, so is hardly ground-breaking stuff. The second is that Mr Cameron wants all expenses to be published – another policy that Libertas have always had.

So where does this leave us? It leaves us with only one Party that genuinely represents progress and leadership and I am proud to be one of its candidates.
Nick Coke