gone

so its bye bye ken clarke.
dumped yet again by the tory party, the party he claimed to be the "big beast" of.
was it his involvement with british american tobacco that did for him?
was it the fact he never served on the opposition bench?
perhaps it was his opposition to the iraq war? could be, maybe.
or was it his pro european stance. mmm smells like a reason for the tories to get rid of him, tastes like a reason for them to ditch him and it sounds like a reason for him to get the old heave ho.
by golly i think i have got it!

so davies topped the poll, cameron came second and dr. fox coming up the rear (phnarr phnarr a public schoolboy joke there!)

i think the smart money is going to be on cameron. he has stood resolute over his refusal to talk about his possible drug use. all the talk of that has proved he is lucky as it deflects attention away from his lack of experience and his lack of policy.
additionally he is going to appeal to all those tory dames, he provides them with a clean slate - young enough to be there in 8 years and without form in the sleazy tory administrations of the past.

once he has been accepted the battle for middle ground of middle england can begin.

(though why new labour are so keen on middle england is beyond me....)