David Cameron made a mature and useful contribution to Question Time last night (link on this page if you’re here before the next episode: click here).
He made the audience listen, made the right Conservative points and, most importantly, addressed drugs when it wasn’t absolutely the point of the debate - a very brave move.
I’ve said before that I do not mind who wins so long as it is not Ken Clarke (now that Malcolm Rifkind has done the honourable thing). David Cameron has shown that he is ready to be the leader and, indeed, the Prime Minister. If Ken Clarke doesn’t make it to the final round, which I hope is the case, the vote will be interesting as all the candidates will be chosen properly by the party (unlike last time when we had to choose someone other than Ken).
October 15th, 2005 at 8:18 pm
Yes, he made a good show of himself on Question Time.
There was one funny part when one of the ladies on the panel implied that he was already opposition leader. I saw a wry, knowing smile on his face.
Whatever your politics, you have to say he has the best rapport with the public than any of the other Tory choices and he’ll be the strongest opposition Brown could have.
October 15th, 2005 at 9:38 pm
…and he’s a Blair wannabe with no bottom line and a fine sense of appeasement to the Jihad boys. In short, he’s a disgrace.
October 16th, 2005 at 1:58 pm
I’d be fascinated to know more about the “appeasement to the Jihad boys”.
October 20th, 2005 at 9:34 am
I saw Cameron on the Daily Politics Show a few months ago, where he threw a bit of a paddy over being asked too many times if he was standing for the leadership contest. It was embarassing to watch and gave some insight into how he would treat dissenting party members.
However good Cameron may be, he is, at the moment, far too young and far too inexperienced to be the next Conservative leader. He will screw up big time and the Conservatives will deserve the fall-out, having voted for a mere child.
Besides which, it would be unfair on Cameron to put him in that position, because he may well be an even better leader, when he had matured somewhat. To elect him now would destroy both the Conservatives and Cameron’s own career.