Can anyone sum up in one memorable sentence what the Cameron-led Tories stand for?

That's the challenge set by Trevor Kavanagh in today's Sun. The thread below is ready and waiting for your ONE SENTENCE answers...

Comments

[bluepatriot]

Cameron's Conservatives stand for ending Labour misrule.

[Umbrella man]

The Cameron-led Tories want to be more like Europe with the same levels of tax, public spending, inadequate defence spending and fashionable posing on the environment.

[Ashton]

Cameron's Conservatives are very change to win.

[Sammy Finn]

They stand for mending Britain's broken society by rebuilding the family, help voluntary organisations and rehabilitating people with drug problems.

[Chad Noble]

Cameron's Tories are offering to paper over the widening cracks of the big government status quo with a thin veneer of change.

[jamie]

"If you give people more power and control over their lives, they become stronger, and society becomes stronger as well."

[Giles McNeill]

A strong, free and dynamic nation-state of individuals that form a civil society, who value liberty, cherish aspiration and protect the most vulnerable in society; where the state is harnessed out of need, not want.

[Mark Hudson]

Blair won.

[Gordon's Missing Bottle]

Compassionate, optimistic, 21st century sensibility; timeless Tory principles.

[nobody]

Cameron's Conservatives stand for empowering individuals and communities.

[Dontmakemelaugh]

"We wont let it rest there"

[Roger Bird]

Oligarchy and wind turbines.

[Guido Fawkes]

Like Blair, with lower taxes and no Gordon.

[Mark Williams]

Weren't they the ones who said something about "sharing the proceeds of growth" -i.e. we'll let you have back some of your money when we get round to it?

[Paul M]

Small Government

[Alan S]

We are the heirs to Blair.

[Tony Makara]

The politics of pragmatism.

[Mark Fulford]

Strengthening families, neighbourhoods and public services by controlling less and trusting more.

[Chad Noble]

LoL. Oh come off it Guido, I'll happily bet you £100 that Cameron does not deliver a Tax Freedom day below 31st May whilst in office.

[NorthernEconomist]

Freedom from - hardship, crime & state dependence; Freedom to - spend your own money, live your own life.

[johnC]

Letting sunshine win the day.

[Janice Small]

In 1979 we mended a broken economy, now we need to mend a broken society.

[Vince]

More nurses and policeman but no more soldiers and no new taxes.

[Matthew]

Conservatives - Simple.

(I.e., simpler tax systems, return to focuses on simple social structures like marriage, simpler dealing with criminals (I.e., prison), making that simple walk to the shops safe, removing bureaucracy from police/doctors/teachers etc. In everything we do, our aim is to make life simpler and to rebuild trust and cohesion.

[Adam]

No one held back, no one left behind

[Editor]

Adam: "No one held back, no one left behind"

(C) IDS 2003

[Jamal]

"small government, small taxes, freedom to choose, freedom to fail"

[Andrew Lilico]

What we should be: "The champions of the individual and the underdog"

What we are: "The compassion of the fortunate for the betterment of the many"

[David Gold]

Cameron's Conservatives (we are not Tories) stand up for those who help themselves and their families, and the most vulnerable in society.

[Happy Tory]

A society where individuals can control their own lives and make the most of their talents, yet still support those who cannot help themselves.

[Adam]

"Not much."

[Jennifer Wells]

We won't promise you quick solutions but over time we'll fix Britain by cutting waste, punishing criminals, rebuilding the family and putting meaning back into educational qualifications.

[Voice from the South West]

"Sharing the proceedes of growth".

[Deborah]

"Conservatives - Simple" (9.28)

I understand the intention but this might not be such a good idea.......

[Nick Hoile]

I am always sceptical when commentators criticise David Cameron for not proposing a unifying theme for the Conservative Party that can be summed up in a single word, sentence, or paragraph. Can any political party claim to do so, seriously? When the Conservative Party sets out its aims and values in ordinary language, as it did in Built to Last, it is criticised for lacking in clarity, precision, and rigor. But when it attempts to do so in technical language that makes use of theoretical concepts, as Oliver Letwin has done, it is accused of being deliberately obscure. There seems to be a double bind at work here.

[Letters From A Tory]

Giving us hope, dignity and the chance to mend our broken society.

[spagbob]

Cameron's conservatives - we restored the market to it's rightful place, now we will restore civil society to its rightful place.

[Rachel Joyce]

Inclusion, instead of division; equality of opportunity instead of equality of outcome.

[Ali T]

Social responsibility, sharing the proceeds of growth and trusting people more and the state less.

[David Cooper]

"Before us, eleven years of socialist wreckage - trust us to rebuild and we will leave no stone unturned."

(Rather than rain on a happy parade as some have done above, I am proposing this out of hope that our aims do in fact go well beyond simply aspiring to manage the wreckage better than the wreckers.)

[David]

Conservatives-Put yourself in control

[David Belchamber]

Mending our broken society.

[Robert Halfon]

"Setting People Free Without Setting Them Adrift".

[John Moss]

Power to the People!

with apologies to Wolfie Smith.

[Jonathan Powell]

"Politically correct right-wing socialism."

[Matthew]

Deborah @ 9:51

Good point! - so 'making life simpler' then... :)

[Mike H]

"Minimal government, minimal state interference, a minimal EU and minimal tax".

Well, I can dream, can't I? :-)

[activist]

Compassionate Conservatism that takes power away from the center and passes it down to the people.

[Henry Mayhew - 'kipper]

We will fight for an inclusive society in which ALL residents of Notting Hill have the right to achieve personal goals.

[EML]

The freedom to live independently through the family and civil society (rather than a monolithic state); trusting individuals and groups to do the right thing for themselves, their neighbours and their country; allowing more choice, flexibility and opportunity for all.

[Sam S]

Cameron's Conservatives - One Nation Toryism which embraces the need for social and environmental justice whilst allowing a sustainable economy to flourish.