09 May 2007

Quote of the day

Oliver Letwin, from The Daily Telegraph (here):
"Cameron conservatism... is an attempt to shift the theory of the state from a provision-based paradigm to a framework-based paradigm, within which government... is conceived principally as an agency for enabling families, individuals, associations and corporations to internalise externalities and hence to live up to social responsibilities without the further intervention of authority."

But it's all right - he didn't mean it. At least, I think he didn't mean it. Maybe it was a joke.

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