Going Out on a Limb

The next leader of the conservative party will be David.

This of course is being cursed by political editors across the country as there goes the David v Goliath headline. Although that would only have applied if Clarke had made the run off as I don't see any paper calling Liam Fox a Goliath of the Conservative party.

At least the party has maintained some semblance of democracy as David Davies has not stepped aside to allow a coranation. If the Tories had actually taken the whole decision out of the hands of their MPs there might have been a very different top two. But maybe that is a discussion for the next century when they look at modernising the Conservatives.