Tories and terror

Tim Montgomerie, editor of Conservative Home, and Matthew d’Ancona are debating how the Tories should respond to Brown. You can read the first part of the debate here and the second part below.

Dear Matt

Thanks for your reply to my opening post of yesterday.  Because I agreed with just about everything you wrote and in the light of today’s aborted bomb attack I thought we should shift our exchange to how the Tories should respond to Brown on homeland security and – furthermore – how the Tories can show some leadership on this issue. Read more.

Matt responds:

Dear Tim

I think that the whole spectrum of security – from the “hoodie” issue to the defence of the realm from terror – is Cameron’s weakest point. His strategy is worryingly confused and fails to offer the reassurance I mentioned in my first