New Tory Leader

[lecter]

Some said long ago that IDS was not up to the job, but the hunt for a replacement results, well, in one long pause of silence, WHO?, where are the characters in politics, never mind the tories, i mean in all the parties.

Recentley someone asked me why the tories every allowed William Haigh to leave, obviously at the time nobody thought any wiser about a replacement, but did the tories perhaps make the wrong decision, or was WH's timing wrong, I have to say personnaly in all Tony Blairs apperances at the dispatch box, WH has been the only person to give him a run for his money.

But strange'ly the thought of him making a return as leader appears more intresting. Well more intresting than the thought of a possible replacement for IDS.

Does this appeal to any body else has a solution to the tory parties problems, obviousley leaving your own party politics to one side, while you answer.

[cuddles]

Your question caused me to think hard and the only tories I could name were IDS and MP - have a vague notion of the scottish guy David somebody? I do agree however that IDS doesn't have the personality for the job and had he been a stronger opposition leader Tony Blair would have had a tougher time with the Iraq war/Hutton issues,

I think the tories should lose IDS, how about John Major again - more interesting to the media thanks to Edwina Currie. Then they need to some how get rid of Maggies shadow. This is perhaps the real problem they have, how do you live up to that? I feel that Labour may also have that problem when TB gives up - unless he dies. How do you make your stamp on the party after such a strong leader?

[lecter]

You don't, hence you answer your own question regarding John Major, his problem was his shadow and after all Mrs T had done.

Good and Bad before everyone jumps in.

JM had his go at PM, where as WH's mistakes were a lot to do with his personality and the marketing of him at the time, so he never got his chance.

It was his prominent position on the euro at the time that was his problem, he came across as a single issue politician, however would that not now be his strongest asset the "I told you so".

After all that as happened in europe and with the euro in th last 6 years, we have gone absolutley nowhere, if anything the no's are more stronger than the yes'ers. We could expand further.

More importantley are we any further closer to finding out Labours, and more importantly TB's position on it, have we still not got the wool over our eye's, 6 years is a long time to be pulling at it.