Brown and out

I am absolutely ecstatic over Labour's kicking in the local government elections, and particularly chuffed about Boris winning in London. At last, there is the glimmer of light breaking on the horizon that heralds the end of the black nightmare that has been this Labour government.

My only hope now is that the Conservatives don't take their foot off the gas: We need firm policies, decisive action and a cool determination to see the struggle through to its conclusion. But more than that, we need the Conservatives to cast off the cloak of NuLabour style centre-right politics and start talking more like Libertarians: Small government, just laws, low taxes and radical move away from the "database state" and "target culture" to society that is more responsible and accountable.