Great News Everyone!

[andrewducker]

After the Tory party failed to make huge strides in the recent by-elections there are mutterings of a recall and replacement of David Cameron as leader.

Which seems overly harsh to me, as expecting Conservative victories in the Labour heartlands seems unlikely to say the least. Voters who were protesting against Labour were much more likely to go Lib Dem, and indeed that's what happened.

But with any luck this will lead to the return of the massive infighting that destroyed the Tory election chances for the last 10 years, drag the party back rightwards (where their base seems to be steadily aging/shrinking) and produce a sea-change in the make-up of UK politics.

Ok, make that "with a _lot_ of luck".

Comments

[guyinahat.livejournal.com]

That does seem to be the Holy Grail of Lib Dems. Of course the problem is that either of the other parties agreeing to it would be turkeys voting for Christmas.
Would Labour compromise their electoral future for the sake of one administration?

[khbrown.livejournal.com]

"And let it be noted that there is no more delicate matter to take in hand, nor more dangerous to conduct, nor more doubtful in its success, than to set up as a leader in the introduction of changes. For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new. This lukewarm temper arises partly from the fear of adversaries who have the laws on their side, and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who will never admit the merit of anything new, until they have seen it proved by the event."

Machiavelli - seemed somehow relevant to PR and Labour and Conservative positions on its introduction

[andrewducker]

Have to wait and see. Labour might do it in order to keep the Tories _out_. With PR we wouldn't have had a Conservative government since 1955...