"In retrospect, we should not be surprised by the latest turn of events. After the 2001 general election defeat the Tory party had a choice. It could have elected as leader Kenneth Clarke or Michael Portillo, politicians of substance willing to face up to uncomfortable realities. But Mr Duncan Smith's victory then told us that the activists wanted the quiet life - deluding themselves that the country will one day rediscover that it likes the nasty party after all. It will not. One day the Conservative party will elect a leader who shares the liberal common sense of the British people. Until then it is doomed to irrelevance."
posted by Matthew @ 2/24/2003 09:48:00 AM
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