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October 9th, 2008

Where Have All the Capitalists Gone?

Cameron’s Conservatives seem to be fair weather friends of capitalism, even the FT’s in-house free market philosopher, Martin Wolf, has abandoned free enterprise for banker bolshevism. Besides Guido only Heffer in the papers remains a strident capitalist tool, managing to quote Ayn Rand approvingly this morning.

Ruth Lea, once a Thatcherite free market scourge of wet Conservatism, seems to have taken a surprising turn for the worse in the last few months:

Just to cheer up put-upon capitalists, here is the “Greed is Good” speech from Wall Street:

Greed is still good with Guido…

LibDemVoice Ignores Party’s Censorious Illiberalism – Shane Frith
Election is a Battle for Hearts More than Minds – Matthew D’Ancona
Will MacShane Stop Writing for The Guardian? – Iain Dale
Speculators Are Doing God’s Work – Paul Murphy
Labour “Won’t Increase Taxes” – Adam Smith Institute
Brussels is Run by and for Lobby Groups - Dan Hannan
How Liberal / Authoritarian is Your MP? – LibdemVoice
SNP Demand Purcell Cocaine & Crooks Investigation – Holyrood
BNP Fail to Publish European Expenses - Telegraph

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Ben Wallace MP, Tory shadow spokesman for Scotland, says…

“Scotland’s biggest Labour donor is in receipt of millions of pounds of Labour-controlled government funds. It’s back to the old Labour days: it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”

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