14/04/2006
Conservatives 'still right wing' Lib Dem leader claims
Sir Menzies Campbell has criticised the Conservative party, saying that they were still a "right-wing and unpleasant" party.
The Liberal Democrat leader told website ePolitix.com that new Tory leader David Cameron offered the public nothing more than "a change of management".
He said: "I don't think the part has really changed. At its core it is still right-wing and unpleasant.
"What this government has done is to squeeze boundaries out of politics and along comes David Cameron and says: 'give me your education policy Mr Blair and I will manage it better than you'.
"And so you've got two parties essentially disputing about management."
The Liberal Democrat leader said that they offered a "positive alternative" to the other main parties. He said that he wanted the Liberal Democrats to be the "party of ideas".
(KMcA)
The Liberal Democrat leader told website ePolitix.com that new Tory leader David Cameron offered the public nothing more than "a change of management".
He said: "I don't think the part has really changed. At its core it is still right-wing and unpleasant.
"What this government has done is to squeeze boundaries out of politics and along comes David Cameron and says: 'give me your education policy Mr Blair and I will manage it better than you'.
"And so you've got two parties essentially disputing about management."
The Liberal Democrat leader said that they offered a "positive alternative" to the other main parties. He said that he wanted the Liberal Democrats to be the "party of ideas".
(KMcA)
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