Cameron the socialist?

Hope springs eternal. People always say we get cynical as we get older. As I've approached and passed the 30 mark, slowly but surely any hope of a left-wing renaissance has disintegrated as the political centre of gravity in Britain shifts further and further to the Right. But in the last week or so, it suddenly appears me and my ever decreasing band of travellers on the Left have a new comrade, and a smooth, telegenic one at that. Maybe its all been a dream, but in recent days, new Tory leader David Cameron has argued in favour of the redistribution of wealth and reduction of inequality, the NHS, tuition fees and...wait for it...higher spending on aid to the Third World. Now I have swallowed a bucket of salt but in the cause of New Year optimism, I would like to welcome Eton's finest aboard.

Welcome aboard David - we can build the new Jerusalem!