It’s all going swimmingly. David Cameron is almost as popular as Gordon Brown was
in August 2007. A worrying omen perhaps, but for the moment the government’s honeymoon is in full swing. It’s quite a bash, and many of the coalition’s initial detractors admit to
being pleasantly surprised by Cameron and Clegg. Iain Martin is positive, though he maintains a learned
scepticism. Fraser Nelson can see a possible re-alignment of British party politics,
and today Martin Kettle gushes about Cameron the ‘man of grace’.
I’m not sure what a ‘man of grace’ is, but Cameron’s languid charm and opportunism are effective. Kettle writes:
‘[Cameron] recognises that he is delivering a deal, not a sell-out. Yet in doing so, he has pulled the Tory party further towards both the centre ground and an acceptance of coalition politics – and pushed Labour off both – than many would have believed possible.
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