Why would you do this if you support LHR expansion? especially as Boris has back-tracked and now supports STN expansion.
In reality your actions would depend on (1) how safe your seat was, (2) whether you have any skeletons in your cupboard, (3) your ability to resist pressure from the whips' office, and (4) your relationship with your local party (for reselection purposes).
Boris frankly, has not really maintained a consistent position; he seems to change his mind every time he talks about the subject…
Even for Tories in a safe seat in the areas surrounding those airports, they don’t really have much room to support expansion anyway…
Besides, the only reason I would be a MP would be support their policies anyway, not to be under the hand of a Whip…
What Labour government? Jumping the gun a wee bit here aren't we?!
The problem is that the Tories need to increase the number of votes than what they got in 2010, yet no Tory government has done this since the 50s, when they had a lot of support in the North and Scotland, the economy was doing well (this was the “never had it so good era”), none of which apply today and even you must admit that Dave is more like Major than Thatcher
Also, the Lib Dems will suffer badly in 2015, UKIP is taking more and more of the Tory vote (not good in marginal seats…) and their plan to cut the number of MPs is looking increasingly unlikely…
For them to win in 2015, the following must happen:
1: There is an economic miracle on the scale not even Thatcher could achive in the next 2 years (and that’s if Greece stays in the Euro and America gets a move on with fixing the budget crisis)
2: They would have to do a deal with UKIP (not an easy task)
3: Boris will have to be leader and make the most of his personality
4: They really have to criticise the Lib Dem’s and do policies that make them stand out from their partners in government
5: Ed Milliband and is fellow cabinet members are exposed as doing something really stupid (expenses, links to terrorism or child abuse…)
I am sure even Maggie in her prime would have a hard task ahead of them, I have a lot of doubts if Dave could pull it all off…
You don't know much about the modern Labour party do you? Thanks to Blair, Mandelson and co., it is now just a party of the metropolitan elite and the chattering classes, as very well illustrated by their present leader.
You're clearly not a student of government and politics are you!
I know all too well about the state of the Labour party today, which is why I avoid voting for them…
However whatever (remember, many of the creators come from the North and Scotland…) New Labour has done, it’s still a fact that Labour is still strong in the North of England and Wales and only the SNP (which a similar polices bar the issue of independence) is bigger in Scotland (once they lose all of those areas, they are in serious trouble), despite the fact New Labour does not reflect this in term of polices, in London + SE, their presence is smaller when compared to the Tories…