Howard's good points
There's a good interview with Michael Howard in today's Sunday Telegraph.First, as predicted on these pages, he has upped his campaign against President Bush.
I'm not going to be told how to do my job, and if it displeases those in the White House, that's tough
Second, despite Dominic Lawson's near obsessionw with a "Tony Martin" law (not that he uses the term) Howard is having none of it.
This is simplistic stuff. I know you are keen on this, but I'm being straightforward with you.
As I noted when some Tories tried to introduce a new law in the House of Commons, for some reason reformers want to make the law thus that you could kill your own mother merely because you thought she might be about to steal something from your house. Howard seems to agree, worrying about
a political canvasser opening your garden gate, coming to your front door, putting a leaflet int, and if you were of a particularly nervous disposition you could kill him.
Howard also adopts a refreshingly European tone, noting that there aren't many parallels to be drawn from Bush's victory,
It's rather different...there are many differences between the US and Europe (my emphasis).
I was mocked for suggesting that the Tories would move in a greater anti-war, anti-Bush direction. It looks like I'll be right. So here's another prediction -- with the Ukip in chaos, Howard will start to advocate the benefits of the EU.
posted by Matthew @ 11/07/2004 01:19:00 PM
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