The Tea Party Movement in the United States has taken the country by storm. Its supporters include some of the least well off in American society. I was asked by Dr David Runciman on Radio 4 why this was. It’s an easy question to answer. Those who are poorer have a difficult task in balancing their families books. If they can do it, they expect the government to do it too.

We need a tea party style movement  in the UK. We have to give politicians of all parties a clear message. We cannot continue on the road we are travelling. The public finances are in a parlous state already. Continually trying to spend our way out of a recession will mean the country is bankrupt. Tough choices are going to have to be made. There will have to be drastic cuts in public spending. You cannot tinker here and tinker there. It will not work. We need a bonfire of the Quangos. We have to look at what we want government to do. It is not the job of government to meddle. We want our freedoms back. We are sick and tired of the bully state interfering in our lives. We also want this country to regain its sovereignty and this means we need to leave the EU.

Present these ideas to the voters and you will get support. Not everyone will agree with everyone; of course not, but you will get broad support. When Winston Churchill became prime minister he didn’t sugar coat the pill. He told the British people the truth. ‘I have nothing to offer  but blood, toil, tears and sweat’, he said. Telling the truth and not caring about focus groups, is what leadership is about. I don’t think we are going to get this leadership unless we take action. We have to be a constant thorn in the sides of politicians. I believe – and I know I am not alone –this is the only way we can effect the change we want in Britain. 




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