The 13 years of the Blair/Brown era will be remembered for spin, its incompetence with our money on failed social experiments, the "dumbing down" of our society, the scandalous fall in literacy of our younger people and the disastrous erosion of our freedoms. The centre-right consensus has to keep these people out of office for a generation while they rebuild a liberal conservative society.
I think I saw somewhere recently where Yvette Cooper was described as having a better understanding of economics than Gordon Brown. Well, my great aunt Nellie could probably claim that too - and she's been dead for the last 40 years!
Now, there is laughable story doing the rounds that "the elfin-faced one" is a possible contender to become Prime Minister if and when Gordon Brown steps down (or is sectioned under the Mental Health Act). We all know it's just a smoke screen to distract attention away from her real goal - to get hubby Ed Balls into the pole position when it all kicks off. Good for her!
But take a look at this (which I have shamelessly stolen from the excellent Lord Elvis of Paisely) to understand why she (or her husband) should never be allowed near any of the levers of power ever again. They have already done enough damage.
I am glad that the previous corrupt and inept Labour Government has been driven out of office. The mission now is to keep them out of power for a generation so that the Conservatives (and their LibDem partners) can start to rebuild our broken economy and give every person in the UK the opportunity to thrive. However, I will resist strongly any move to closer integration with the EU.