Cameron Promises Cross-Party War Cabinet

David Cameron today launched the Conservatives General Election campaign with a series of commitments which show that of the three party leaders, only he has the clarity of leadership and purpose to put the national interest above the petty partisanship that has put so many people off politics over the past decades.

Of particular note is Cameron's promise to extend his idea of a National Security Council (NCS) to include leaders of the other parties when Britain is involved in conflict.

On 9 November I welcomed Cameron's previous announcement to set up the NSC and called upon the Party to consider the idea of extending this to include leaders from the other parties. I am pleased that Cameron has shown that he is genuinely committed to executing his conference speech promise that under a Conservative Government, when our armed forces are at war, then our political institutions ought to be fully engaged in the conflict.

Cameron is doing exactly what is needed during this period of the electoral cycle, setting out clear policy ideas and extolling the underlying principles of a future Tory Government. I think this quote from the speech neatly sums up the Conservative approach to the 2010 General Election:

"Let's make this the year for change - the year when the positive defeats the negative".