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I have just started reading Michel Houellebecq’s chilling
novel, “Submission,” when I came across this rather pertinent observation:
"It may well be impossible
for people who have lived and prospered under a given social system to imagine
the point of view of those who feel it offers them nothing, and who can
contemplate its destruction without any particular dismay." (from
"Submission" by Michel Houellebecq)
I thought it was somewhat relevant to the discussion our
Conservative Policy Forum held on 12 July.
It seemed to us that there was a great deal that grassroots political
organisations, the Conservative Policy Forum (CPF) in particular, could do to
reflect the membership view on a fast-moving political landscape. Difficult though it may be for the ivory-towered
elite to accept, we, the
electorate, want to be in on the debate.
Call us old-fashioned but we feel it is our role to tell Westminster what
we think and not the other way round. Ironically,
as party canvassers, we are exhorted to knock on doors and listen to what the
voters say. Unfortunately, none of those
who have lived and prospered under the current political consensus appear ready
to listen in their turn. Indeed, had the
views of members been taken as more indicative of the country at large, the
whole Government strategy over the referendum may have been different. Sadly, on the evidence so far of business as usual,
the referendum result does not appear to have provided an effective wake-up
call.
If you want
to know what could happen next, read Submission!
