Tim Montgomerie

Which way is right: Tories should seek truth, not comfort

How can the Conservatives win the next election?

issue 20 October 2012

The below is a response to a piece by Spectator columnist Matthew Parris

‘If you look for truth,’ counselled C.S. Lewis, ‘you may find comfort in the end.’ If, however, you look for comfort ‘you will not get either comfort or truth’. A patriotic politician should reflect on Lewis’s wisdom. In good times almost anyone can succeed in politics but in tough times voters expect more.

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