Unity
It's slightly comic that only a few week's ago various bloggers were saying that the Conservative Party had the advantage of unity. I've never seen a conference week so overtaken with rumours of plots, a leader so devoid of support within his own party and a party so close to collective nervous breakdown. We were in a better shape in 1990 or 1995!Now the Daily Telegraph tells us that even the reactionary fools who make up most of our membership think they made a mistake in electing IDS. Well nice of you to realise.
Now what we need is another leadership election where again we'll select the most right-wing candidate on offer, who will again fight the election on policies that would only appeal to the electorate if they were composed solely of dockers in the 19th century East End, and who will again resign honourably after failing to win seats such as Enfield.
It's not as if no-one predicted this disaster. Almost everyone predicted this disaster. Even Simon Heffer predicted this disaster. And there's nothing The Quiet Man can do - how can he call for loyalty when night after night he tried to destroy the last Conservative government?
posted by Matthew @ 10/09/2003 09:29:00 AM
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