They are simply not listening

Last week provided some examples of our politicians not listening to what the voters are telling them, or if they are listening they are chosing to ignore what they being told. The latter is most likely the case since the principlre cause in a rise in voter apathy in this country is the arrogance of the British (and European) political elite

Christopher Booker, in his Sunday Telegraph column today picks up on the continuing scandal of the lack of armoured protection for British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The stubborn attidude of government ministers and lack of corrective action continues to endanger the lives of our young soldiers.

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Mr Booker also writes that it has not been a good week for David Cameron's ''Not the Conservative Party''. Booker comments::

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'' First there was the sour reception for his 'hug the hoodie' speech. Then the Daily Mail worked out that the silly little wind turbine he wants on his roof will produce so little electricty that it will take 40 years to pay for it self.

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Finally came the fasco thst over his pledge to remove the Tory MEP's from the fanaticly intergrational European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament.''

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As the headline to Booker's piece states: ''Europe will be Dave's undoing''.

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The great mistake David Cameron is making is in believing that his core supporters have nowhere else to go. As we saw in the Bromley by-election, their response may be either to stay at home or to back one of the smaller parties; an increasing trend of British voters.

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It would apear that Tory "strategists" have failed to take account of the prevaling electoral phenomena. Cameron is on course to go down in history as the first Conservative leader to lose a winnable general election. His EPP decision may not bring this about, but it has done nothing to stem the advancing tide of disillusionment both within the Conservative Party and amongst the electorate.

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UKIP, (the largest of the UK's small parties) if it can put meat onto its policy bones now has a oppertunity to sieze the attention of the electorate; assuming that it does not tear it self apart in the process of electing a new leader. Keeping its party ear to the ground will be essential.