The "Official" Conservative Leadership Second Ballot Results Thread

[Taxloss]

Again, the result is due at 5.30pm. Cameron looks unstoppable.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4359062.stm

On a tangential note: What about those Liam Fox "gay" whispers? He's really rattled someone's cage, hasn't he?

Edit: Here's a linky for that:

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2119242005

[Taxloss]

1. Fox "faltering" - Guardian

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/toryleader/story/0,16473,1596512,00.html

Interesting, this race for second place.

[RogueTrooper]

2. Coming Second

I wonder who has been spreading the Second Place Drop Out\Coronate the Winner story. I noticed that if first started off as If DD comes second he will step aside and allow "Dave" an easy coronation. By this morning it was if either DD or Dr. Fox came a distant second they would withdraw.

[Taxloss]

3. I read today that Fox was determined to go to the country.

And Davis won't rule it out, but he wouldn't, would he?

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. And the lose is ...

Fox.

Cameron 90
Davis 57
Fox 51

[Michael_UK]

6. You people are quick!

I was going to post it and I was watching it live. I'm upset now

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Hah - OK, I prepared the post

and filled in the numbers. And I was listening to Radio 4, about 2 seconds ahead of Sky News (a digital delay?)

[Taxloss]

10. You weren't the only one doing that I think ...

Are you listening to PM? The chap describing the membership as a "lovely bunch"? Yuck.

Davis' vote total dropped again. But Fox's supporters will prefer him.

[Greeby]

5. Results are in, Fox out

David Cameron: 90

David Davis: 57

Liam Fox: 51

[non sociopath skin]

13. Or to put it another way, 108 right-wing votes, 90 for the "moderate."

If elected, Young Master Cameron is going to have to watch his back.

The Skin

[fedsron2us]

14. So after four leadership elections

the Tories are in the same position that they started at when Major quit. As I said earlier, even if Cameron wins, there is an even money chance that the Conservative party will degenrate into civil war.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=191x11276#11465


If the Tories do not get their act together this time I wonder whether they will completely fall apart. Should that happen then there is a good chance that the repercussions will also threaten the cohesion of the other major parties in British politics.

[Taxloss]

7. Blast, I thought I was posting in this thread and instead I started my own

D'oh!

Anyway, the result is pretty much as expected, I think ... chaps?

[Michael_UK]

8. As expected really

[Taxloss]

11. Davis is going to the country.

No surprises, so far.

[mr blur]

12. Letter in the Guardian sums it up:

As if one Tony Blair isn't one too many, it now looks likely that the real Tories are going to select their Tony Blair - in the form of young Cameron - to be leader. Two of the bleeders really is the limit. I can't cope.

It's a scary thought, I admit

[fedsron2us]

15. Blair, Cameron and Davis

probably share more views in common on policy than they care to admit. Personally, I think that if we are going to have a right wing economic and social agenda rammed down our throats then it might be better that it was done honestly rather than people pretending that it was a 'Third Way' or 'Compassionate Conservatism'.

[T_i_B]

16. Who supported whom

Just thought that this might be of interest, especially for those of us with Tory MP's. My own MP went with Fox for instance.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/21/ntory521.xml