Same old Tories: Compass launch new web project

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

Alongside their good work with Progress and LabourList in the David v Goliath campaign, Compass have today also launched a new website, Same Old Tories, with an ad on the Tories’ “progressive” credentials based on David Cameron’s embarrassing fumble in an interview with Gay Times magazine recently:

The new project follows on from Compass’ campaign to get people to sign up to a petition calling on David Cameron to sack Chris Grayling after the Tories’ home affairs spokesperson said B&Bs should be free to turn away gay couples.

The new campaign is supported by a new wide-ranging report, which concludes:

“David Cameron was taking his party in an interesting direction but when the economic crisis came, he turned back. The New Conservatives may have finally understood the scale of the social and environmental challenges we face, but their reliance on free market solutions means they lack the tools to face the challenges…

“To achieve the good society and tackle Britain’s social recession, we need an active, interventionist state and tighter regulation of markets. Cameron has shown little appetite to implement any of these things… The pressing task for the future and the major downfall of Cameron’s Conservatives is that they have no plan for an ethical, sustainable economy able to foster equality and social justice.

“If a compassionate Britain will not be created by New Conservatism then it will have to be the responsibility of another political project. The Tories do not deserve to win the next election because they have not yet successfully transformed themselves into a party that will make Britain better. But Labour will lose an election one day – and who they then lose to matters.”

Visit the Same Old Tories website, sign the Grayling petition and download the report here.