Sajid Javid is the first Muslim elected as a Conservative MP.  He was a bank Vice President at 24 (Chase Manhattan Bank) and was “headhunted” (that is no more a word than “fundraised”!) by Deutsche Bank.  I assume that means Javid was recruited.  He left DB as a “senior Managing Director”.  Javid has left banking but was quoted as being a “businessman and private investor.”  Javid was born in the UK (the son of a bus driver), is  married and has four children.  He also went to Cambridge and studied both economics and politics.  He already knows more than many officeholders in the USA!

His beliefs and platform are nothing short of extraordinary.  This this nugget from Javid’s article ”Capitalism is Essential to our Properity and Liberty”:

 Critics of “Anglo-Saxon capitalism”, like President Sarkozy, claim that the Thatcher and Reagan reforms of deregulation and privatisation laid the seeds for the current crisis.  If this idea continues to gain ground, it will become harder for us to sell the public sector reforms we need, in order to create choice in, for example, education and health.

The reality is, of course, that it is these very reforms that led to 30 years of wealth and freedom on a huge scale.  Even after accounting for the current recession, British and American people have left the last decade a lot wealthier than when they entered it.

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We need to cut wasteful government spending and get the budget deficit under control, to re-discover that cutting taxes can lead to a rise in tax revenues, and to reduce regulations faced by businesses.  Crucially, we need to take powers back from the EU – because if we don’t, we may find that no matter how hard a Conservative government works to promote open markets and choice, we’ll find state intervention coming in through the back door.

How about this:

More reasonably, critics can argue that modern finance contributed to the crisis.  Some banks took extreme risks, and the balance of risk and reward was skewed throughout the financial chain.  Yet, these failures can’t be blamed on deregulation alone.  We all now know that the US, UK and European central banks deliberately kept interest rates too low for too long, leading to a boom in virtually all asset prices.  The wall of money looking for a home from Gulf and Far East foreign exchange reserves pushed up asset prices too.

But heavier regulation is not the answer.  Countries, such as Japan, with more highly regulated financial systems did not manage to avoid the crisis. Instead of more, we need smarter regulation.  George Osborne’s plan to end tripartite banking regulation, for instance, is on the right track.  The proposed EU financial reforms are on the wrong track.  (emphasis mine)

Can we trade some of our liberals for Javid and Kwarteng (and the other young turks I’ll write about)?  Wow!  Even though Javid defended the Lehman Brothers bailout, he still argues that capitalism is the best method to allocate needed resources.  Try these items from his web page:

I BELIEVE in freedom for responsible individuals, guaranteed by the rule of law and administered by an independent judiciary. Over the last 13 years, many of our hard won civil liberties have been eroded. As a result, we are not any safer, just less free.

Amen!  (If I can say that about a Muslim!)  Want more – there’s more:

I BELIEVE in free enterprise, fostered by a low tax, low inflation economy – with sterling as our national currency.

Javid rejects the euro; not bad for a former DB executive! 

I BELIEVE that we should build a world class education system that gives every child the best possible start in life. We need to restore school discipline, adopt a grading system that actually means something, teach our children British history as well as the basics, and rid ourselves of the “everyone must win a prize” culture.

Amen again!

I BELIEVE in a responsible immigration policy. Immigration can be of real benefit to the UK, but only if properly controlled with its impact on the economy, public services and social cohesion taken into account. We should have an annual cap on the number of immigrants based on our need, and adopt a far tougher approach towards illegal immigration. People who settle here should respect the British way of life, culture and traditions, and be required to learn our language. For too long we have championed an ideology of multiculturalism which has created divides rather than broken them down.

The bold and italic emphasis is mine!  Hurrah!  I hardly think his opponents will label Javid a hater.

I BELIEVE that we are a sovereign nation with a proud history, and that we must fight all attempts to undermine our national independence. I support a free trade relationship with Europe, but I am against the Lisbon Treaty and want to see the return of these powers back to the British people.

Let’s hope his party does not sell him out!

Savid Javid quoted his heroine, Margaret Thatcher, in saying the goals of good government is to “roll back the frontiers of the state.”  Go for it; it takes great dreams to achieve great things.  Watch for this guy; he’s going places.

But Kwarteng is a Conservative.  His story shadows a son of immigrants who became Governor of Louisiana.  Kwasi’s parents were born in Ghana.  They immigrated to the UK and shortly after that, Kwasi was born.  Both his parents went to college and his mother is a barrister.  She qualified just after Kwasi was born but stayed home with him until he was seven.  Kwasi went to Cambridge on a scholarship he won at 13 and ultimately earned a Ph.D in British History. 

He was a “company analyst” (Chairman of the Bow Group, a respected UK conservative think tank) and a journalist; he is now working on a book about what Kwasi calls the “global legacy of the British Empire.”  (I quote his website that was apparently plagarized by the Ghana site).  His favourite politician is Winston Churchill and he is as he put it “still single, I’m afraid.”  My advice to the new MP is:  Don’t worry.  I had more dates when I ran for delegate than ever before!  And I lost!  He won!  (Of course praying about it and trusting in Christ is the best way to find the right mate!)

Here’s what Kwasi did when he won:  He praised his predecessor:

Before the Liberal Democrat outburst, [where their campaign workers called Kwarteng a "scumbag"], Mr Kwarteng had been praising and defending Mr Wilshire over his expenses scandal.

He said: “He was a very loyal and hard working MP for Spelthorne and nothing has been proven against him. He leaves with no smear or smirch against him.”

That’s what I would call gracious.  Some powerful names like and admire Kwarteng.  One is the shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (shadow means he’s the Tory counterpart for the real Chancellor, similar to the Secretary of the Treasury and may well be the real one in a few days), George Osborne, said this about Kwarteng:

“Kwasi is a great asset to the party. He has a lively mind, lots of energy and would make a fine MP!”

Kwasi Kwarteng said this about why he is conservative:

I believe that people should be allowed to work hard and save their money. I think in modern Britain, too many people expect something for nothing.

He wrote an article with this title:  Rap Music, Goat Curry, and Why Crying Racism Won’t Help Beat Black Crime.  Kwarteng’s thesis is that family breakdown, limited educational chances and welfare programs have been factors in the increase of black-on-black crime in the UK.  It’s amazing.  Try this:

Through flawed ideology and a failure to promote traditional values, the Left made the situation for all those at the bottom of the heap far worse – whatever the colour of their skin.

Wow.  Might Kwasi Kwarteng come here and train our politicians?  I’d love to meet him!  I promise I’ll take him personally to Williamsburg but he might debate what would have happened if we had lost the Revolution!  And I might lose!  He may someday come visit President Bobby Jindal as the Prime Minister of Great Britain!

However, I am disappointed.  The people of the United Kingdom need leadership.  They got none from Labour or the so called LibDems.  Both want the UK in a strong EU.  The Tories at least have some euroskeptic members and as I said last week, some encouraging young members.  Rory Stewart won his election.  So did Sajid Javid, the first Muslim MP (another conservative).  Kwasi Kwarteng won in Spelthorne riding.  I like this particular new MP!   Louise Bagshawe prevailed as well.  Phillipa Stroud lostdue to an anti-Christian smear.   But the young turks in the Tories seem to be on the march. 

But the crisis is still acute.  The people of Britain are asleep.  May they awaken in time to save their nation!  I exhort the British to join up and vote/support the UKIP.

Ron Paul is only 8% behind Barack Obama. Is anyone else surprised by this number?

Paul is actually more popular with Democrats than either Palin, Huckabee or Romney.   He has the most undecided and has the lowest Obama percentage, according to Politics Daily:

Obama leads Mike Huckabee by 49 percent to 44 percent with 7 percent undecided; Sarah Palin by 51 percent to 43 percent with 5 percent undecided; Ron Paul by 46 percent to 38 percent with 16 percent undecided; and Mitt Romney by 48 percent to 43 percent with 9 percent undecided.

I think that this is good news for Ron Paul.  Very good news.  He is now a mainstream candidate.  Many do not know him.  They can be persuaded to support him.  I am impressed at all the video press Cong. Paul gets.  And every time he speaks, I am sure somebody somewhere says, “I like this guy.  Let me find out more.” 

Perhaps a Paul/Jindal ticket in 2012?

UPDATE:  Cong. Paul’s Audit the Fed act survived a major gutting in committee and may go to the House floor for a vote.  The co-sponsor with Paul is Cong. Alan Grayson of Florida.  See this video.  This is of course a reason why conservatives find Paul troubling.  Thanks to Abraham, Senior Member of the Ron Paul forums for that last insight.