Tory Leadership Contest Outcome

[afleitch]

Cameron, 60-70%. I'm a party member and will be voting for him

Ditto

[afleitch]

Oh and the Telegraph is running a story suggesting the hard right “cornerstone” group of Tory MPs will endorse Cameron, they had of course previously backed Liam Fox in the MP’s ballots

Ah well, David Cameron beholden to the wing nuts? Hardliner's supporting a 'moderniser' can't bode well in terms of a broader electoral platform

Dave

The wing nuts just want to have their fingers in as many pies as possible. They want a shadow cabinet post, but if Cameron gets a landslide, he can do what ever he wants.

[afleitch]

There are murmurings up north that Rifkind 'fly in' to the Scottish Parliament and lead the Tories there (as long as a Tory MSP gives up that seat) The same idea was floated after the resignation of McLeish in 2001 to allow the late Robin Cook who had been 'demoted' after the election to do the same. It did not come to anything as we know.