Both parties need to show new ideas

An interesting article over at the First Post.

The attention is going to be on the Tories and what their policies should be and Philip Blond argues that

If anything, the local elections represent a wholesale repudiation of the policies of Blair and Brown rather than any endorsement of the New Conservatives

In fact he goes further to say that

what the voters were really rejecting was the legacy of the last 30 years and its governing ideology

It's true and both for Labour and the Conservatives,maybe its time to look for that clear blue water.As Philip points out all Cameron has promised is another version of new Labour.He has locked their spending plans into those of the Labour party,