I Don't Believe in Isms ; in Dramatic Declaration the New Tory Leader Tells Why He Will Not Be a Prisoner of His Part's Ideological Past

Mail on Sunday › January 02, 2006

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THIS will be my first full year as leader of the Conservative Party.

I'm determined to make it a year of transformation: a year in which we show the people of this country that we've learned the lessons of the past and have an exciting vision for the future.

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I Don't Believe in Isms ; in Dramatic Declaration the New Tory Leader Tells Why He Will Not Be a Prisoner of His Part's Ideological Past

Of course, change can be unsettling, and so it's great to have this opportunity to explain to Mail on Sunday readers what lies behind the changes I'm planning to make, where we'll be heading and why.

Three months ago I stood in front of the Conservative Party conference and delivered a blunt message: that we had to change. It's often said that Conservative politicians should steer to the Right to win their internal elections, and steer to the Centre to win a nation...

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