The 2010 Conservative Manifesto

David Cameron has today, launched the Conservative Party Manifesto for the coming election. Here are his words on the situation we face and our proposals for the way forward.

"This manifesto is the most important point so far on the journey we began four and a half years ago, when our party voted to change. It gives us a mandate to apply our deepest values and beliefs to the urgent problems of the hour. Our belief in responsibility – that everyone has a duty to each other. Our belief in enterprise and aspiration – that everyone must have the chance to rise higher through hard work. Our belief in people power – that most people will do the right thing when you trust them. And perhaps most importantly of all, our belief that we are all in this together.

This belief – that collectively we are so much stronger than the sum of our parts – runs right through the policies and plans in this document. Ours is not a vision of government fixing the problems of this country unilaterally, but of millions of people mobilised to play their part in our national renewal. So this is not a traditional manifesto – it is an invitation to everyone in this country to join the government of Britain

It is a modern Conservative philosophy, realised in powerful plans for change. But these ideas and policies are not much use to us locked in these pages. I’m asking you to take this manifesto to local people, describe how this will make a difference to their lives, invite them to join the government of Britain. We have just a few weeks until the most important election for a generation. If we succeed together on May 6th, then together we can apply the Conservative beliefs and values our country is crying out for."

David Cameron 13th April 2010

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