Thought for the day (from a Facebook reply that got a bit long...)

Firstly, much as the Conservatives are selling themselves very much on the strength of David Cameron, the range of views within the party are diverse and there are many senior Conservatives who will make excellent ministers. Brown has failed in one of his primary functions as Prime Minister which is to lead the country effectively, something I believe David Cameron will be far better at. Brown loves to point out the worldwide nature of the recession but refuses to admit that the decisions he has made have left us in a far worse position than we should be in. His continuing denial that we need to change our spending habits only makes things worse and ultimately I think he knows that, but since he realistically can't foresee himself being in power after the next election then not being the one to make the tough spending decisions suits him fine. Public spending needs to be cut, and cut massively, the government needs to re-evaluate the areas which it should and shouldn't be playing an active role in, but that's something Brown could never do because his "big government" mentality says the government should run as much of our lives as it can.