Time for a Reality Check

OK so it was not a good idea for David Davis to become Tory party chairman as I suggested a day or two ago. Apparently even his best friends recognise that the man is no where near to being a shrinking violet and as chairman would cause the party all sorts of problems by trying to stamp his authority on the Tory brand. The reason for suggesting him was because the Tories need to do something to persuade people that even though the 'quad' are 'toffs' they understand what needs to be done to help everyone and will do all in their power to achieve it. The 'quad' need to dispel the idea that they are bunch of chancers like Blair. The Tories also need to carry out a damage limitation exercise on their relationship with the Murdoch press. The unnecessary Leveson inquiry has irreparably damaged Cameron's standing with Murdoch but in order to mitigate such damage and at the same time to demonstrate to the voters that he will do all he can for the hard pressed, Cameron needs to undertake some bold moves like sorting out the Human Rights problem, the European Arrest Warrant problem, the extradition to the US problem, the spiralling numbers and cost of EU regulation, membership of the EU and not least the economy. Charles Moore has a good article on the fiasco of the last few days in the Telegraph today which you can read here. The other hot potato which must be handled and on which Cameron can be sure of Murdoch support is the BBC. It simply cannot be right that John Humphreys can be allowed to continue to get way with the kind of remarks he uttered at the beginning of the Today programme this morning about the threatened petrol delivery strike. His whole perspective is anti the Coalition with not even a nod to impartiality. The Murdochs or anyone else interested in presenting a different point of view must be allowed to compete head on with the BBC. As I never cease saying if the BBC won't abide by its impartiality obligation it must be privatised and cut into bits. No doubt someone will pay a lot for some of the bits which will be a bonus for all of us.