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StevenYesterday I watched an excellent DVD of 'Darkest Hour' where Gary Oldman gave a superb performance portraying Churchill as he overcame the appeasers in the Conservative Party to become their Prime Minister on a policy of not negotiating with Hitler but fighting to the county's last breath to defeat him.In this he seemingly had support of the people which I doubt would be given today in similar circumstances when we let any alien riff-raff invade our shores and live here.Those people in my view were typically British: patriotic and conservative by the Roger Scruton definition."In The Meaning of Conservatism, Roger Scruton presents conservatism not as mere resistance to change or hostility toward the state, but as a reasoned political stance that emphasizes loyalty, tradition, and community over abstract ideals of equality or social justice. He argues that the individual is the conclusion of politics, meaning that political structures exist to support and protect the individual within a stable society, rather than to impose equality of station, income, or achievement'I confess to be of the same inclination which I am sure makes me a pariah to most other posters.The problem for me is whether the current Conservative Party  is of the same mind such that I could vote for them.Probably not as they are too reluctant to enact the populist polices regarding immigration control and welfare spending.I think the country will end up being run by a wishy washy happy-clapping coalition of Labour and LibDem (Burnham on guitar and Davey on triangle) and have policies strongly influenced by the Greens with their support coming from an ill-educated youth constituency.I will make my mind up on the issue when my pencil on a string is poised over my ballot slip !

John Hawkes ● 22d