No surprise that in the wake of by-election disaster for the Tories the gloves are off - and Cameron is in deep trouble. Today, the Sunday Telegraph reveals that at least two MPs, and possibly as many as half a dozen, have written to Sir Michael Spicer, the chairman of the 1922 Committee, to call for a vote of no confidence. Hardly a rout, but remember what happened to IDS . Frankly, Cameron is in a no-win situation. If he carries on emulating Blair , he's finished. The country has had enough of spin and showbiz and dour, puritanical Mr Brown is enjoying a full-on honeymoon with the electorate.If Cameron veers to the right, that will only please his right-wing nutter vote.
But the Tories would still be making a great mistake to get rid of him. They have no-one else as all the "big beasts" have either retired or left Westminster. Their BIG mistake was not to choose Ken Clarke as a safe pair of hands . Mistake before that NOT to elect Portillo, who had the gravitas and intelligence which Cameron, frankly, lacks. Brown is shrewdly assessing the mood of the nation ( no supercasino, attacking binge drinking, some constitutional reform) As we on the Left know, he is a formidable opponent.
The Tories other problem is they have been out of office for so lomg very few of them have experience of Govt. The more that goes on, the more difficult things become. No tears on that score. But one thing is now absolutely clear. If Tony Blair had left office when he should have gone, thousands of local councillors would still be in office....
Sunday, 22 July 2007
CAMERON FACING CALLS TO QUIT
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What are the odds for Cameron being kicked out and crossing the house to join New Labour, following the well trodden path of other Tory turncoats?
Maybe he can sit next to Digby Jones at Browns 'experts' meetings perhaps?
Ian
A possibility I suppose.But cannot see Cameron wanting to subjugate his ambition to Brown.
Far more likely to turn right.....as Hague had to.
I don't have any respect for Nick Cohen, but he made a reasonable point in yesterday's Observer; Tory supporters haven't suffered under Labour in the way Labour supporters suffered under the Tories.
He looks at the economic situation of a typical Tory voter; it's obviously better than ten years ago.
But the political point he fails to make is that there is no equivalent of the war on Unions. Life under Labour has been too good for Conservatives to get angry enough to fight as hard as they need to.
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