On issues like gay marriage, Cameron has pandered to what they perceive to be the prevailing liberal - left agenda on moral and cultural matters, arrogantly dismissing the
views of ordinary party members.
«Labour is lucky, save in the 1981 deputy leadership contest, that it has never elected a leader or deputy in the modern era against the majority
wishes of ordinary party members.
«Redrawing the boundaries does present an opportunity for the selection of some new candidates who may be more in tune with the
views of ordinary party members.»
But in other respects Lamb's politics were more distant from
those of ordinary party members.