During the 80s and 90s it was common to refer to Tories as Wet if they were from the left of the Conservative Party, or Dry if they were from the Thatcherite right.

It seems these days there is a missing category, the Tory Lite typified by the present Tory leadership and hangers-on.

This is glaringly obvious in economic policy where the Lib Dems and in particular Vince are widely seen as leagues ahead of the boy Osborne and the Tory frontbench. Being vaguely critical does not a policy make.

David Cameron has successfully rebranded the Tories but not in the way he would like to be viewed – Hollow and lacking in substance much like decaff coffee.