Why Won't They Listen to People Like Me?

Sunday, so it's time for my weekly fix of Janet Daley.

In her article in the Sunday Telegraph, today, she is right in tune with my feelings about the modern Conservative party - why are my deeply held views apparently so unimportant?  For example, I do not agree with gay marriage and never will.  I am told, by the likes of Hammond, that I must "move on." I believe that defence of the realm is the first duty of Government  but I look on in horror as SDSR, takes shape behind closed doors and without public consideration of independent academic and professional opinion.  I feel isolated and since I don't belong to the mainstream, I feel that I have been branded extreme and that my opinions are unworthy.  Janet Daley observes, "trampling over the interests of non-conforming minorities is not democracy, it is mob rule."  If the rise of UKIP and the SNP is anything to go by, it is more than lip service that will be required to turn the tide.  Indeed as cosy and traditional two-party politics looks set to be upset by the rise of smaller parties representing special interests, it is time for David Cameron to say what he means and do what he says.  In particular, does he want the votes of people like me or not?