Whether Cameron will succeed in fulfilling his pledge to redefine marriage remains to be seen. If the party's membership continues to fall at the rate that is currently causing much concern among Party officials, then maybe Cameron won't remain in as Leader too much longer. A night of the long knives?
Andrew Pierce, Associate Editor of the DM, a self confessed homosexual, and one who is opposed to 'homosexual marriage', spells out the disastrous effect that Cameron's leadership has had on the membership of the Tory Party.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... party.htmlCameron's Leadership:
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When he became Tory leader seven years ago, the youthful and telegenic David Cameron pledged to transform the blue-rinse image of his party and boost its membership by attracting thousands of young, ethnic and gay members.
In doing so, he would destroy forever the Tories’ reputation as the ‘nasty party’ as these new ‘inclusive’ members joined the 300,000 activists whose average age was 64
‘I was elected Leader of the Conservative Party on a mandate to change and modernise the party,’ he said. ‘I want to increase membership. I want to see a broader base. I want to see a significant increase in the number of members from all communities.’
And then the results:
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But the bitter and ineluctable truth is that, far from increasing numbers, Mr Cameron has presided over the sharpest decline in membership in the Conservative party’s history.
Today, I can reveal that the number of Tory party members has fallen below 130,000, a drop of around 60 per cent since he took over in 2005.
Does this next paragraph suggest that by Cameron's pledge yesterday he is shaking his fist in the face of senior party members?
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In a tense meeting in Downing Street last month between Mr Cameron and 20 of the party’s most senior members, he was given a stark warning that membership will plunge below the psychologically crucial 100,000 mark if there were no change of heart on same-sex marriage.
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