What if, after being elected as Tory leader in 2005, David Cameron had taken the Conservative Party further to the right. A list of some of the party's (alternative) policies:
---- Hold an in-or-out referendum on the EU.
---- Protect traditional family values. Put heavy restrictions on abortions, and strongly oppose same-sex marriage.
---- Restore capital punishment for mass murderers.
---- Put a two-year freeze on immigration.
How would the Tories have done in 2010 with this kind of platform?