Ok, Ok, my selection of Dr Liam Fox as the next Conservative Leader has fallen flat. It is now a youthful David Cameron vs. the old-school David Davis. The run-off is now between this two chaps and the vote-holders are the 300,000 Conservative Party members. So after 3 consecutive defeats in the General Election, who does the man in the street think will defeat Gordon Brown in the next Election?
David Cameron has been building a strong momentum in this leadership contest. Coming in from nowhere, he finished with 90 MPs voting for him against Mr Davis 65. The most crucial detail missing from Mr Cameron is what he stood for. Till today, I have not heard a single policy outlined by him that will changed the Conservative way of government. Mr Davis, an experienced fighter have served at various portfolios since 1997 and thus has strong experience in dealing with Labour.
Then again, the key question once again to the Tories supporters is who is the best man to lead the party against Gordon Brown and the only person is Mr David Cameron! In fact, he has been compared to Tony Blair in terms of opinion and way of speaking and will definitely give Mr Blair a run for his money for the next 4 years. Let see what happen in December :-)
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Cameron, or someone like him, is clearly the future of the Conservative Party.
It's just a question of whether they accept that now, or whether they have to lose another election before they do it.
I would think losing 3 times is enough. Seriously, my own gut feel is that even though David Cameron may come through as leader of the opposition, it maybe tough to dislodge labour.
Thanks for your comments. Just curious, how did u get involved in British politics? :-)
I'm interested in ALL politics, but UK and US politics are both very interesting to me (I'm from the US.)
You may very well be right that labour will be hard to dislodge, but Blair is weak right now and his successor don't look as solidly entrenched as Blair has been in the past.
The Torys need a breath of fresh air, and Cameron may be just what they need.
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