Saturday, June 6, 2009

In UK, Conservatives sweep as Gordon Brown is on the Ropes

This week was a banner week for David Cameron's chances to serve as the next British Prime Minister.First, thirty four councils in England elected officials and the Conservative Party won thirty of the thirty four councils, winning 1476 seats to the 176 of the ruling Labour Party. Labour ran third behind the normally third-place Liberal Democrats. The Labour Party lost about three-fifths of their seats-- a clear rejection from the English voters. Some districts rejected Labour for the first time in a generation.
Then, Gordon Brown,the current Prime Minster and leader of the Labour Party has experienced several resignations from among his own cabinet and several key Labour leaders are calling on Brown to step aside.
Conservative leader David Cameron is a powerful speaker who has motivated UK voters in the same manner that Ronald Reagan motivated the conservative base in the early 1980s. Each Sunday evening at 11 PM CST, American viewers can watch Prime Minister's Questions on C-SPAN. This writers' observance declares that David Cameron is one of the finest spokesmen for limiting government. Granted, the UK has already embraced realms of government control that we still resist here in the US. But the possibility of a dynamic David Cameron challenging the status quo and socialistic trends in the UK is an exciting opportunity to turn around a major civilization. Conservatives in the UK have made great advantage by opposing ratifying the European Union treaty without a vote of the people. Maybe conservatives here in the US will gain hope by a right-ward turn in Great Britain.

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