Cameron wins race for Tory Leadership.
The young David Cameron, MP for Whitney, became the new Tory leader today. He is a confident, sincere and tough politician. He speaks with authority in the Commons and he pulls no punches. The big question is: Is he tough enough, honest enough and capable enough to remove Blair and Brown?
The young Tony Blair, as opposition leader, sounded just like Cameron three elections ago. Youthful vigour, confident speeches and a no-nonsense approach were his forte. It went far and the British came under the Blair spell. That spell is fading now as Macaroni Tony appears to be too confident, is too ebullient and far too "cocky".
The problem with many prominent politicians is that they become over-confident about their power. Blair is indeed powerful but his leadership star is on the wane. He has become domineering, self-serving and mired in a swamp of criticism about his US ties, his expenditure in Iraq and his failure to assure pensioners that they will have something to look forward to.
I'm not savvy with British politics by any means but I do worry when I read headlines about the fact that the NHS cannot balance its books and that contributions may have to be increased whilst the UK spends a million poundsa day in Iraq. How do you balance one against the other?
Blair has done good things during his tenure but ( I hope), I shall see a small fox terrier biting at his heels and perhaps tripping him up. He needs the strongest opposition to keep him in check and I hope Cameron can do that. Who knows, David Cameron may even be able to tame "Oor Gordon" too.