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".

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[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

If there is one change that is sorely needed, it is the removal of the 'Tim-nice-but-dim' Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Walter Menzies Campbell. He is a very nice man - I've met him personally - but completely unelectable, rather ancient, lacking teeth, and, alas, somewhat useless. Who would I replace him with? Chris Huhne. Again, I've met him personally (my mother was friends with his sister when she was a girl), and at Hustings: he is a fantastic speaker, and one that seems to possess both a brain and a fiscally-aware social conscience. Moreover, I would hope that were he to be elected, he would more than provide the change that you, and the country, wish for...