The leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, has got support from the Republican Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. With Prime Minister Gordon Brown seeming to distance himself from the Americans more than Blair did, it seems the Tory leader is now winning affection with certain members of American politics. The Tories are, of course, the British equivalent of the Republicans, with the ruling Labour Party the equivalent of the Democrats. Latest polls show that the Tories are now ahead of the Labour Government in the polls...
Cameron's Hollywood finale to winning week
By Toby Helm, Chief Political Correspondent
13/10/2007
The Telegraph
David Cameron has rounded off his best week as Tory leader by claiming Hollywood support for his policies on the environment, gun crime and the family.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and David Cameron met to
discuss issues including the environment and crime
On a three-day tour of the United States, a buoyant Mr Cameron met Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California, to discuss how they could jointly forge solutions to the problems facing society.
After the get-together with the former film actor turned Republican politician, Mr Cameron said he was confident they could work together to develop an agenda that would show centre-Right politicians were most in tune with the needs of voters.
Mr Cameron said: "The interesting thing is we're both centre-Right politicians looking at broadening the appeal of our party.
"We're talking about ways we might hook up in the future, but I can't be more specific than that.
"We're looking at co-operation between centre-Right politicians with a similar vision - trying to extend the appeal of our parties and campaign on social issues and environmental issues as well as some of the traditional themes."
The two men discussed gun crime, green issues and policies on the family.
The Tory leader has enjoyed an extraordinary week which started with Gordon Brown calling off a planned general election, saw Chancellor Alistair Darling accused of stealing many Tory policies in his first big financial statement to Parliament and climaxed with Mr Cameron trouncing the Prime Minister at Question Time in the House of Commons.
The talks with Mr Schwarzenegger came as an opinion poll for The Sun newspaper put the Conservatives three points ahead of Labour.
Before the Tory conference at Blackpool, where plans to free nine million families from inheritance tax were announced, Labour was up to 11 points ahead of the Tories in the opinion polls.
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Cameron's Hollywood finale to winning week
By Toby Helm, Chief Political Correspondent
13/10/2007
The Telegraph
David Cameron has rounded off his best week as Tory leader by claiming Hollywood support for his policies on the environment, gun crime and the family.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and David Cameron met to
discuss issues including the environment and crime
On a three-day tour of the United States, a buoyant Mr Cameron met Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of California, to discuss how they could jointly forge solutions to the problems facing society.
After the get-together with the former film actor turned Republican politician, Mr Cameron said he was confident they could work together to develop an agenda that would show centre-Right politicians were most in tune with the needs of voters.
Mr Cameron said: "The interesting thing is we're both centre-Right politicians looking at broadening the appeal of our party.
"We're talking about ways we might hook up in the future, but I can't be more specific than that.
"We're looking at co-operation between centre-Right politicians with a similar vision - trying to extend the appeal of our parties and campaign on social issues and environmental issues as well as some of the traditional themes."
The two men discussed gun crime, green issues and policies on the family.
The Tory leader has enjoyed an extraordinary week which started with Gordon Brown calling off a planned general election, saw Chancellor Alistair Darling accused of stealing many Tory policies in his first big financial statement to Parliament and climaxed with Mr Cameron trouncing the Prime Minister at Question Time in the House of Commons.
The talks with Mr Schwarzenegger came as an opinion poll for The Sun newspaper put the Conservatives three points ahead of Labour.
Before the Tory conference at Blackpool, where plans to free nine million families from inheritance tax were announced, Labour was up to 11 points ahead of the Tories in the opinion polls.
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