Good to see that Tim Montgomerie is keeping his peepers peeled on this, producing his latest edition of Sell-Out Watch* today. He concludes:
The evidence for this is mixed to say the least. Tim cites the Green Investment Bank, a bucket of change (well, £70m) to replace the Educational Maintenance Allowance, the liberal members of the panel examining the human rights act, concerns about nuclear power and the pace of NHS reforms (shared, as Tim says, by many Tories) and the Office of Fair Access and the fact Chris Huhne was justifiably rude about Baroness Warsi’s ill-informed comments about AV.The Coalition is still doing plenty of very important things that Conservatives can be very proud of. The budget eradication plan. Lower corporation tax. Welfare reform. A massive increase in the number of academies and the introduction of the English Baccalaureate. Over 100,000 extra apprenticeships. At the moment, however, with the Prime Minister focused on international affairs there are signs that in the weekly tug-o-war the Coalition is sadly fulfilling my law and drifting leftwards, inch-by-inch.
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