I'm a Natural Tory, but in an Election Now, I'd Vote for Gordon

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ALMOST a year has passed since David Cameron was elected leader of the Tory Party. In public his colleagues will sing his praises. In private the celebrations are likely to be pretty muted even among his most loyal supporters.

There have been achievements, of course. The Tories are being taken more seriously than they were, and, thanks to Mr Cameron's embrace of various liberal causes, they are getting a favourable airing in the progressive media, in particular the BBC.

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I'm a Natural Tory, but in an Election Now, I'd Vote for Gordon

But he is not making the headway he and his cabal hoped for. Think of Tony Blair's much greater success 12 months after he became leader of his party in 1994. Mr Cameron has not made half the impact.

Though the opinion polls have been dancing around, the most optimistic of them do not suggest an overall Tory victory. In the past...

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