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Liam Fox calls for Tory return to Thatcherism
Rightwing former cabinet minister urges party to fight next election on platform of tax cuts,
privatisation and deregulation
Liam Fox says the country is overtaxed and over-regulated. Photograph: Kerim Okten/EPA
The Conservatives must reconnect with voters who rallied to the party under Margaret Thatcher,
the former cabinet minister Liam Fox will say on Friday.
Fox, seen as a standard bearer of the Tory right, will call for the party to fight the next general
election on a radical Thatcherite platform of tax cuts, privatisation and deregulation.
In a speech to business leaders in Birmingham, he will argue that the party can win an overall
majority in 2015 if it shows "political courage" and "intellectual creativity".
Following the death of Lady Thatcher, he will say the Conservatives have lost touch with many
of the people who voted for her.
Although he does not directly criticise David Cameron, Fox's speech will be seen as offering the
party a radical alternative vision for the next election. He will say the country remains
"overtaxed, over-regulated" and still spends too much and borrows too much
Aspirations ?............Boris will spit him out before lunch.......
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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He is absolutely right, a good man Liam with the right analysis and the right medicine to get this country going again.
The real buffoons are those who think more of the mish mash we have had ever since Major is going to get us anywhere. We need politicians with the courage of their convictions to lead us not politicians with the courage of focus group convictions.
Brian Dixon
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but needs anger management classes.you would want to try them your self,they might help.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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That applies to quite a few people here Brian.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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does that include yourself barry.if not why not.
