Cameron Can Change

Charles Moore has an interesting article in the Telegraph today (which you can read here) in which amongst other things he mentions the surprisingly good things the coalition has done and that it should be revived not allowed to split in acrimony. Moore agrees with the view that this blog has expressed about how wrong it is that the policy unit is now run entirely by Civil Servants and he has proposed in addition that there should be two policy units, one for the Prime Minister and the other for Clegg with special political advisers returning as members. I think this is an excellent idea for the reasons he gives with each unit then arguing with the other to produce the best result. What Moore is suggesting is compatible with another piece I read today which was written by Fraser Nelson in the Spectator (which you can read here) and which provides Cameron with the excellent advice that he needs to follow an agenda which is in tune with the public's main concerns over jobs, the cost of living and the EU. With Boris winning in London, albeit by a smaller margin than all but YouGov predicted, the time is for right for the Government to reflect on its future line of travel. The future line of travel should not be gay marriage or reform of the House of Lords but those bread and butter issues which affect us all. Jobs and the cost of living can both be improved by encouraging cash rich companies to invest in new infrastructure projects such as a new airport and by allowing the urgent exploitation of shale gas and the withdrawal of all subsidies for wind farms and other green projects and using the savings to reduce energy costs. As far as the EU is concerned it must now be clear to even the most ardent admirer of this socialist (or if you don't like that epithet, then the most dirigiste) institution that the EU is dying on its feet as will all protectionist organisations in this global world. If Cameron sticks to his present plan he will fail and and will never lead a Tory government.