Aside from the economy, therefore, the decisive element in the Coalition?s fortunes will be Mr Cameron?s judgment. This has not always been faultless, as shown by the row over the withdrawal of child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers. Perhaps his main problem will be disaffection within his party. The experience of coalition, aggravated by the recent indulgence shown to Vince Cable, has embittered some MPs: they feel unloved, like biological offspring supplanted by adoptees. This is not always a question of policy so much as mood: Mr Cameron too often gives the feeling that he stands above his troops, rather than beside them; that he is happier hobnobbing with centrist Liberals than Right-wing Tories (to this end, the suggestion by a senior minister of an electoral pact, which we report today, is rather unhelpful). We therefore urge Mr Cameron to rebuild a few bridges. In tackling the bloated welfare state, the over-centralisation of government, the ruin of our finances and the inadequacies of our education system, his administration has shown itself to have a radical streak the equal of any other. But to go down in history as a truly transformative Prime Minister, he will need to take his party with him.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/8224533/David-Cameron-must-unite-his-party-behind-him.html
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