cameron

more and more i am beginning to think that david cameron has a very good chance of becoming the next prime minister of great britain. no not just the next conservative one, i reckon he may just have what it takes to beat new labour and gordon brown (assumong that gordon is the next leader of the new labour party).

cameron has not put a foot wrong. he has managed to avoid any damage from possibly doing drugs. he has benefitted from slip ups from the liberal party. and of course the fact that everyone hates tony blair isn't hurting him at all.

cameron has managed to steer a course that lets him support new labour when it suits him, picking is battles carefully. he has also let the tories know that change is necessary and it is not all going to be milk and honey for the conservatives - this change is going to hurt...

in short cameron has learnt from tony blair and the changes he made to the labour party to make it electable.

so there is cameron with his current photo ops with the bith of his new born son, arthur elwen. cameron is also showing he is a new man by taking his paternity leave, all the while saying he is still working.

hold on did i say elwen?
indeed i did.
apparently elwen is an english name that means "elf wise friend".
pardon?
yes elf wise friend.

from this site it means old friend.
this one has it as friend of the elves.
this one has it as being old friend, while elvin as being elf friend....

(oddly all of them have jay as meaning someone from the midlands.)

but the best part of the story is on the bbc site

and for my money costs him the election.

"Newspaper reports have previously suggested that Mr Cameron's supporters play a game in which they imagine themselves in a political version of Middle Earth, with their leader cast as the Tory version of Lord of the Rings' Frodo. "

does that mean boris is legolas?