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[Lord Hargreaves]

Quote: Tories back wealth redistribution

The Conservatives should try to narrow the gap between rich and poor, the party's new policy chief has said.

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Oliver Letwin said a future Conservative government should make wealth redistribution its goal.

New Tory leader David Cameron has put Mr Letwin in charge of an 18-month overhaul of party policy.

Labour said the Conservatives lacked credibility on poverty and had opposed moves to reduce it.

Mr Letwin is in charge of six policy review groups, including a social justice team chaired by Iain Duncan Smith.

In his Telegraph interview, the Dorset West MP and former shadow chancellor said: "Of course it should be an aim to narrow the gap between rich and poor.

"We do redistribute money and we should redistribute money. But we have to find ways that empower people rather than reduce them to dependency."

BBC News


*sigh*

I'm just amused its come to this. Someone had the genius idea that the way the Conservatives can beat New Labour is to sound like Old Labour. Totally bizarre...... I think I need to move :wink:

[Pebble]

Did you see the Private Eye cartoon a while back, with Blair and Cameron? Speaks volumes.


What the conservatives are doing right now is similar to the New Labour shift right from Old Labour. Two centre right parties, yay :roll:

[Lord Hargreaves]

This is insane though - no conservative should be criticising Labour from the left :lol:

[Snow Patrol]

It's merely a reflection of the current trend in politics, there's little to no ideology left in it. Parties are reduced to slightly differing stances on issues based on competing for the whims of the middle class swing voters needed to get elected, everybodies a centerist these days and it will eventually reach a point were nothing really will change in the actions of the Government regardless of whose in power and politics will continue to grow increasingly irrelevent.