Conservative leadership election, 2005 runoff (user search)

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Junior Chimp

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Conservative leadership election, 2005 runoff

« on: August 13, 2012, 05:48:55 PM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Conservative_leadership_election
Three days. Liam Fox and Kenneth Clarke proceed to the runoff.

This would probably be the worst case scenario for the Conservatives in real life as both Fox and Clarke were for all intents and purposes unacceptable to significant, key, parts of the Party. Centrists (the Tory Reform Group) in the case of Fox and Eurosceptic opinion (Cornerstone and No Turning Back Group) for Clarke.

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Supersonic
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Junior Chimp

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Re: Conservative leadership election, 2005 runoff

« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2012, 12:06:53 PM »

Kenneth Clarke has been elected Conservative Party leader by a landslide margin.

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Supersonic
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Junior Chimp

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Re: Conservative leadership election, 2005 runoff

« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2012, 12:26:09 PM »

Quote from: Charles Barton, Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario on August 17, 2012, 12:21:36 PM

Quote from: Supersonic on August 17, 2012, 12:06:53 PM

Kenneth Clarke has been elected Conservative Party leader by a landslide margin.

...mostly by people who aren't conservatives at all. That's the problem with open primaries.

I agree. In reality, Fox probably would have won, although it would have been close.

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