Thursday, October 20, 2005
Tory leadership
David or David, to face a Goliath
Leadership contenders David Cameron and David Davis are through to a run-off vote of the Conservative Party's 300,000 members after a ballot of MPs.
Mr Cameron topped the poll, taking 90 of a possible 198 votes, while Mr Davis was second on 57. Rival Liam Fox was eliminated after gaining 51 votes.
Mr Cameron, 39, and Mr Davis, 56, will now enter a six week head-to-head campaign to woo the party grassroots.
The result of the vote of Conservative members is expected on 6 December.
The bookies have already made Mr Cameron the runaway favourite and Mr Davis undoubtedly faces an uphill struggle. Read more.
The eventual winner is likely to face "Goliath" Gordon Brown in the next general election (unless Tony Bliar reneges on his deal with his Chancellor once again)
In South Shields, leading party members were once again sending out mixed messages, with some obviously dismayed by the loss of their favourite Ken Clarke.
The current bookies favourite, David Cameron appears, at the moment, not to be the overwhelming frontrunner here.
Other "mixed messages" from the South Shields Tories can be found on their website, views such as this:
"Recognize this undiscovered gem which is poised to jump!!
Please read the following Announcement in its Entierty and
Consider the Possibilities"
Surprisingly it has nothing to do with either of the two final candidates, read more here
(Comments appended to first article)
I am no longer going to attempt to persuade them to clean up this junk and spam from their own website, I will desist from sending e-mails to their contact address if they aren't going to be read, if they can't be bothered to look after a simple one page blog, then they don't deserve to be taken seriously!
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Leadership contenders David Cameron and David Davis are through to a run-off vote of the Conservative Party's 300,000 members after a ballot of MPs.
Mr Cameron topped the poll, taking 90 of a possible 198 votes, while Mr Davis was second on 57. Rival Liam Fox was eliminated after gaining 51 votes.
Mr Cameron, 39, and Mr Davis, 56, will now enter a six week head-to-head campaign to woo the party grassroots.
The result of the vote of Conservative members is expected on 6 December.
The bookies have already made Mr Cameron the runaway favourite and Mr Davis undoubtedly faces an uphill struggle. Read more.
The eventual winner is likely to face "Goliath" Gordon Brown in the next general election (unless Tony Bliar reneges on his deal with his Chancellor once again)
In South Shields, leading party members were once again sending out mixed messages, with some obviously dismayed by the loss of their favourite Ken Clarke.
The current bookies favourite, David Cameron appears, at the moment, not to be the overwhelming frontrunner here.Other "mixed messages" from the South Shields Tories can be found on their website, views such as this:
"Recognize this undiscovered gem which is poised to jump!!
Please read the following Announcement in its Entierty and
Consider the Possibilities"
Surprisingly it has nothing to do with either of the two final candidates, read more here
(Comments appended to first article)
I am no longer going to attempt to persuade them to clean up this junk and spam from their own website, I will desist from sending e-mails to their contact address if they aren't going to be read, if they can't be bothered to look after a simple one page blog, then they don't deserve to be taken seriously!
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