Six ways in which the Conservatives became Britain’s true progressives

‘Britain and Twitter are not the same thing’ said David Cameron this week – eight words that summed up the difference between the two parties. One has disappeared down a rabbit hole of social media, convinced that Britain is becoming more unequal and that the poorest have been suffering the most. The other, the Tories, are hard at work making Britain not just more prosperous but fairer too. If David Cameron actually follows up on his conference speech (he has a habit of not doing so) then a great prize awaits him: he could be Britain’s most socially progressive Prime Minister. I look at this in my Daily Telegraph column today.

1. Under Cameron, the poorest have done best and the richest worst. The precise opposite of what the PM’s critics claim has happened. Reading the Guardian you’d think that this is a government that wants prosperity, but in a way that only helps the richest 1 per cent while wealth trickles down to the top.