It says little for the press that with the coalition less than twenty-four hours old, commentators have already rushed to pass judgement. Why not shut up and wait
and see what happens before passing judgement? It is not as if we have lost a government of the wise and good. It was obvious as early as 1993 that
Labour was always going to be a disaster, though the extent
of it surprised me.
It is a paradox that conservatives have, historically, often
been more effective at delivering overdue radical change than the
radicals, and not just in Britain. I have no great expectations but this coalition may, against the odds, deliver a pleasant surprise.
