Tamzin Lightwater

Diary of a Notting Hill nobody | 23 August 2008

Tamzin Lightwater's unique take on the week

issue 23 August 2008

Monday

Hooray! It’s official — Dave is no longer the Heir to Blair, he’s the Heir to Thatcher!! This makes all our hard rebranding work worthwhile. As Nigel says, it’s a measure of how far we have come that we are now able to wage war on benefit cheats, binge drinkers and Russia. None of us would have thought this possible a year ago.

When you think of the ground we have covered, relentlessly forging ahead with different strategies at every available opportunity, it really does seem incredible.

For those of you who may need reminding: We are now the party of: the environment; the NHS; the North; the arts; traditional values; Change; Equality; lower taxes (business); higher taxes (to be confirmed); Liberty; Law and Order; and, last but not least, Fairness.

‘But how has this all been achieved?’ I hear you ask. Well, let me tell you: it has not been easy.

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