Revolutionary Leader

David Cameron has recently been championing himself as the revolutionary leader that will have the will and stomach to undertake the radical reforms that the public are demanding for at Westminster. There are two observations that can be made from this claim:

• Never trust a leader who wants power, but then is willing to relinquish it almost immediately. Tony Blair made similar fanciful claims when he was Opposition Leader.
  
• The tactic being employed by the Conservatives is a simple one, 'what ever the public wants'. This is a very dangerous strategy, without any defining ideology to guide their hand the Conservatives will potentially get backed into a corner of conflicting public opinion. Just do not mention the EU.

Hannah Arendt was correct when noting “The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.” We will see after the General Election.