"Unfortunately, I think that not only are Cameron and Osborne two posh
boys who don't know the price of milk, but they are two arrogant posh
boys who show no remorse, no contrition, and no passion to want to
understand the lives of others - and that is their real crime."
Tory MP Nadine Dorries talking to the BBC's Daily Politics Show.
In fine she is correct - this is a government led by a cabal of ex-public school boy millionaires who have no idea how the other 99% live.
If only we could leave it there.
The quote has been blown up by the media as a killer punch to David Cameron and George Osborne.
It sums up a regular recent Blimpish bleat from the Tory right that argues issues like gay marriage are only of interest to some metropolitan liberal elite, and are alienating the party from many ordinary voters.
Naturally the Telegraph loves Dorries's latest outburst.
But what does Nadine Dorries really mean?
Is it really a concern about the price of petrol and pasties and milk?
She's made her media name in the last two years mainly by mouthing off against social, specifically sexual, liberalism, and pushing pointless Private Members' bills about abortion and teaching sexual abstinence to schoolgirls.
Chris Bryant called the last one "the daftest piece of legislation I have seen".
I think she's a complete mentalist, but then even her colleagues call her "Mad Nad".
But it is exactly "this sort of thing" that vexes her far more than the cost of living.
Here she is ten days ago expanding on her theme for her
blog for ConservativeHome;
'Social liberalism has always been an indulgence of the wealthy. The
people who can afford to enjoy liberalism whilst protecting their own
children from the societal influences of such by sending them to the
most expensive schools. In addition to the majority of the British
public being far from social liberals, they also aren’t stupid. They
know that each family struggles financially whilst we send a 'billion of
our hard earned cash to Europe each year.
'They know that gay marriage is a side issue which many gay couples
living outside of London or bohemian Brighton (sorry Graeme) have no
interest in and as one gay couple articulated to me in my constituency,
“we wish Cameron and others would just shut the **** up and leave us
alone in our civil partnership”. This from a couple who happily
contribute to their local community and resent their relationship
becoming a focus point for discussion as they queue for fish and chips
and get on with their lives. Not all gay couples live in the south of
England.
'And that is just about what everyone is doing, getting on with their
busy lives and surviving to do too much about any of the disconnect they
feel, however, suddenly a new dynamic has entered the political arena
and penetrated the chatter bubble of everyone’s daily lives.'
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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