John, your opinions on those issues are in no doubt. The doubt is, what does Cameron think? If he really believes what he says in regard to Toynbe, redistribution of wealth, and environmental hysteria, then he is not a Conservative. If he doesn’t believe it, then he is worse, a demogouge out for power for its own sake. We already have one of those, we do not want nor need another to replace him.

We do not know, so far as I can tell anyway, what policies the ‘other parties’ are taking from the Conservatives, because we don’t actually have any Conservative policies yet.

Cameron made one definate commitment during his leadership contest, to withdraw from the EPP within a defined period. That defined period elapsed months ago, the Tories are still in the EPP.

Since he became leader, he has endorsed Poly Toynbee, the mysanthropic rabid Marxist. He has endorsed the Socialist principle of the redistrubution of wealth. He has embraced the disguised socialist environmental hysteria, and is preparing to implement so called ‘green policies’ to impose more socialist regulation and taxes on industry and commerce. If rationing of ariline tickets, suggested within the last few weeks, isn’t a communist policy, I damn well don’t know what is! Basically, I see no evidence that he is anything but a Socialist.

The causes I believe in are; Freedom of expression, economic freedom, individual freedom, individual responsibility, low taxation, the rule of law and constitutional small government. Not one thing Cameron has said leads me to think he gives more than a microsecond’s thought to any of those concepts, ever.

So if voting for one or other of the small parties is what it takes to ram through the thick skulls of our politicians that we want a real choice between the mainstream parties, if that is what it takes, then I for one want you lot to learn that lession. I am sick of socialism, you can’t make it palatable by pretending it is Conservatism.

Your title sums up the problem with current politics. All parties share the same policies so all policy disputes are held within each party. This leaves the non-affiliated general public with no option but to look to the smaller parties or just ignore politics entirely.