Howard isn’t that bad, it’s a verdict on the lack of new talent within the Conservative Party at the moment and the inability of the Conservatives to spot what little talent there is there that he is leader at all. David Davis is about the most promising candidate for the leadership, policy wise he’s a conservative populist and despite strong support from the less than innovative rightwing of the party he has a proven record as a pragmatic politician, he does however have a marginal seat though… any other contender is too young, discredited or just not electable, David Cameron and George Osborne are potential future leaders, John Redwood (hard rightwing of the party) will run for the leadership when and if Howard goes as will Tim Yeo (Libertarian wing) and both will lose as will the openly gay libertarian MP Alan Duncan, few seem to picked up on just how strong Davis’ position within the Conservative Party and if Howard goes sometime in the next parliament Davis will be very likely to take the leadership.
I'd like to know what you think of Ed Vaizey? He is a journalist standing for parliament in Wantage for the Conservative party. The politics teacher at my school touts him as a future leader of the Tory party. What do you think of him?
Also, anybody reckon Hague will be back? He is still young, if he had waited a while he could have done a lot better as party leader I reckon.
