David Cameron is Britain's new Prime Minister. He has ended thirteen long years of Labour rule.
So much has gone wrong with our country. So much damage has been done by the incompetence and misjudgements of the Blair/Brown era.
Mr Cameron and his coalition government need the goodwill and support of every Conservative as they set about the daunting task of repairing Broken Britain.
The Cameron leadership also needs to learn the lessons of the past five years in Opposition and the past few weeks of the election campaign. Some things, like the marginal seats operation or the wooing of the national newspapers, worked well. Others, such as the failure to translate the Big Society into doorstep messages, were less successful.
Waiting until Cameron was safely over the Downing Street threshold, ConservativeHome publishes its guide to the campaign, the modernisation programme and the legacy of the opposition years. In preparing this guide I have talked to many senior figures across the party about what worked and what did not. This is not a kiss and tell memoir. Look away now if you are wanting stories of who fell out with who and so on. This is an attempt to review the main themes of the last few years and, in particular, offer recommendations for a second election that - despite the hopes of the new coalition - may not be so far away.
Tim Montgomerie
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