Labour’s poverty is a moral disgrace

Charlie Elphicke’s excellent report into Labour’s shocking record on child poverty makes disturbing reading. The gap between the very rich and the very poor has got wider, a record that Gordon Brown and his crumbling Government should be utterly ashamed of.

Poor households with low earnings are now worse off than ever before because of Labour’s cruel tax grabs. There are an extra 400,000 children living in poverty than four years ago.

This is reason alone to kick Labour out of Downing Street.

The election is NOT in the bag

David Cameron is quite right to remind everyone that an election victory is far from certain. Despite a ComRes poll giving us an 18% lead this morning, the battle is far from over. We still have much work to do to prove to voters that we are ready to form a new Government. Complacency is our greatest enemy and never before has it been so important that we get out and hit the streets. Voters want to see a party working hard in their local area to deliver real change, and Conservative Future can play a significant role in this.

Conservatives lead by 15%

The latest YouGov poll puts the Conservatives 15% ahead with the Lib Dems sliding slowly up to the 20% mark.

Remembering the Chloe Smith campaign

It’s been a crazy few weeks plodding the streets and knocking the doors of Norwich North. Keep Right Online have produced this rather good summary of the campaign from start to finish, click here.

The emergency budget is a real emergency

The announcement by Philip Hammond, shadow Treasury secretary, to call an emergency budget within days of the Conservatives getting into office is a wise move indeed. With crippling public & personal debt, setting out a clear and concise plan for efficient public spending to help Britain balance the books is essential. Doubtless, an incoming Conservative administration will have to make some tough and unpopular decisions, but being straight with people and telling the truth about just how bad the public finances are is vital.

As the credit crunch bites hard on the pockets of hardworking families, few will fall for Gordon Brown’s broken promises and empty words as he desperately tries to mask his catastrophic failure. The burden of public debt, which currently stands at around £20,000 per head, will plague our country for a generation. If we want to be a Government of transparency and honesty then we must look the public in the eye and tell it like it is.

Chloe Smith wins Norwich North By-election with 7,348 majority

Keep Right Online has announced that Chloe Smith has won the Norwich North by-election.

Norwich North’s CF Team

Over the last new weeks I’ve been working with national campaign co-ordinator for the by-election Paul Wells (left) to help get young activists into action in Norwich. It’s been a tough and challenging job for Paul, with hundreds of people to organise and multiple teams to manage – but he’s done a sterling job and deserves full credit for the CF effort on the ground.

As we wait with eager anticipation for the final votes to be counted, we can rest assured we did our very best as an organisation.