Interesting question.
I, too, am naturally conservative as I believe in free enterprise and small government. I believe in a caring society, where we strive to provide the highest levels of education and healthcare - at no cost - to all, and where the less fortunate (such as the disabled) are amply protected.
That said, I abhor waste and that means making the public sector far more efficient than it is currently. For example, the amount that the NHS wastes on consultants is, to me, borderline criminal.
As a nation we need to ensure that the ability to govern ourselves is not surrendered. That means we must have the chance to vote on, and reject, the Lisbon Treaty. I am unconvinced that any mainstream party will allow this. I am worried that individuals within those parties see the EU as a later career move (à la Kinnock) and prefer to put their own prospects above those of the country.
We need to address the problem of immigration. This is not for any social reasons, but for sound economic ones. We simple do not have the infrastructure to allow the UK to allow millions more into the country without imposing excessive stresses on our schools, health services and housing stock.
We need to have a sensible energy policy which would aim to reduce fossil fuel consumption over the longer-term, but would retain (and indeed expand) the availability of base-load power, mainly through nuclear generation, but also using coal in the short to middle term. We need to ensure that science is apolitical (I guess you all know my views on the global warming scam by now).
So who would deliver all this?
Tories? I would like to say so but, as it stand, they would fail on the Lisbon Treaty and the Global Warming bit.
Labour? No chance of meeting any of the above in its current form.
LibDems? Their love affair with the EU would lead us to lose all our remaining sovereignty. Plus, among the mainstream, they are ultra greens.
Having read through the UKIP policy document, I have to say that they currently match closest to my aspirations.
I don't have a dream cabinet, but many nightmare ones. I would hope that, one day, Daniel Hannan (Tory MEP) makes his way to the top.
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