David Cameron has won the Conserative leadership battle.

Will it be a case of 'move over Tony'?

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I don't know that much about his policies, but I suspect, as Ben Elton put it so well, the leadership of this country has become one of style over content.
I mean, if Ann Widdicombe had had identical policies, does anyone think she'd have made it? I'm of neither persuasion so see both sides from the outside, but if the Tories are going to fight an election I'd rather they used policies I recognised than each trying to pinch the most popular policies from the other, often apparently whether they believe in them or not. Pure cynicism. I liked William Hague... but again, all about what's on the surface nowadays.

I liked William too, especially when he presented 'Have I Got News For You', showed that he wasn't a pompus stuffed shirt.

I agree that style - and image -matter as much, if not more than anything else. I wish they didn't, but accept it as an unfortunate fact in modern day politics.
As regards David Cameron, I reckon the Conservatives have yet again chosen the wrong person to lead the party, and they'll be thrashed at the next general election, especially if Gordon Brown is then leading the Labour Party.
David Cameron may prove to be extremely competent and articulate, but I doubt if the majority of the British public will want an 'Old Etonian' in charge of the country. This may have been the norm years ago, but things have changed, and the Conservatives should recognise it. One of Margaret Thatcher's strengths was that she was a grocer's daughter, and even John Major took the party to electoral victory by emphasising his working class background.

The strange thing is that we know almost nothing about Cameron or his policies beyond the fact that he has very little experience of politics, except as a back-room boy.

It is true that he would be the first Old Etonian PM since Alec Douglas-Home, but does a person's school still bother people that much? After all, British politics are mainly about image and 'presentation'. The main thing is that he mustn't get an Old Etonian image. N'doubt his years as a public relations man will stand him in good stead.

I'd vote for Boris!

Oh Boris ... Well, I hope you don't mean Ole Yeltsin.

Definitely not, I mean THE Boris, Old Etonian and sporting floppy white/blond hair of course. A complete nut, but lovable.

For those outside the UK who might be wondering who he is - here is his home page

The photo of Boris with that wild and woolly look is so funny.

The mind boggles at people outside the UK getting the two Borises mixed up. Again a horrible

I imagine Rupert Murdoch will have the final say on who wins the next General Election, anyway.

Maybe, in view of her winning 'I'm a Celebrity, get me out of here', they should bring in Maggie Thatcher's daughter 'Carol' to lead the party. Obviously she's presently the most popular person in Britain - Carol that is, not Maggie!

I'm told a few women find baldness sexy!

The Victorians had their very own, very silly idea about the cause of baldness and, what's worse, I'm told that a few people still believe that particular story!

PS. I wonder how long it will be till the guy gets a hair transplant (amid much media publicity, no doubt).

Baldness in men will now be discussed over in The Lounge, a whole new thread!

LOL, Sue!