How could I bring myself to be a Conservative? They offer me neither food nor drink- neither intellectual nor spiritual consolation. I should not be amused or excited or edified. That which is common to the atmosphere, the mentality, the view of life of- well, I will not mention names- promotes neither my self-interest nor the public good. It leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal; it conforms to no intellectual standard; it is not even safe, or calculated to preserve from spoilers that degree of civilisation which we have already attained.
- John Maynard Keynes, 1925. Keynes was speaking about the Conservatives in the inter-war period, but let's face it could very well be speaking about them now. Intellectually, morally and spiritually bankrupt. Compassionate conservatism is an oxymoron and well they know it.
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