And then there were three. The Conservative MPs have shortened the list of men who are competing for their party's leadership from four to three. The results: David Davis 62, David Cameron 56, Liam Fox 42, Kenneth Clarke 38. The Tories acted rather predictably given their behavior of late knocking off the man who many people, regardless of party, considered to be the the Tory who would be the biggest threat to Tony Blair's Labour Party in the next national election.
UPDATE: The commentary on the BBC is interesting. That it's expected that most Clarke voters will move to Cameron isn't surprising. But the results are being interpreted as a huge win for Cameron who exceeded expectations, and a big blow to Davis who underperformed even though he came in first. It seems more and more than the conventional wisdom (all 20 minutes of it) is that Cameron will move on to the final round, but who he will face isn't entirely clear.
Posted by armand at October 18, 2005 12:11 PM | TrackBack | Posted to International Affairs