Tory "people power"?
The ex-Etonian Tory leader David Cameron’s promise to lead a people’s revolution against bureaucracy and the state is funny. But only if you think the degradation of British politics into clownish demagogy is a laughing matter. Thatcher too, promised to “cut back the state” in 18 years of power did the very opposite. Cameron won’t do any better. The most likely consequence will be to let people “start their own schools” — to allow middle class and religious groups to opt out and accelerate the decline of the existing national school system. Cameron’s talk of “the people” disguises the fact...