Save Michael Howard
Increasingly it seems that the Tory parliamentary party is tiring of Michael Howard's prolonged exit, as in-party fighting reaches its standard bitter level. This is nonsense. The only thing in favour of a quick leadership election is it will stop the in-fighting (or at least postpone it for two years). But in-fighting, disarray, and backbiting are hardly things unknown to the Tory party, and voters will hardly remember it come the next election.The disadvantages of a quick leadership election are more obvious. William Hague, IDS, and even Michael Howard, were all picked in a hurry, and were all failures (in varying degrees from Hague to Howard). A longer campaign might serve the party well.
Update: Oh look Tebbit, never a man on which to leave a bandwagon unjumped, pipes up demanding a new leader by Summer. Question for the political junkies -- has Norman Tebbit made a positive intervention in Tory affairs since 1985?
posted by Matthew @ 5/26/2005 07:32:00 AM
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