It's that time again

[altariel]

Barely have the ballot boxes been put away - Tory leadership election! Rifkind got back in last night; smart money there, perhaps?

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Isn't he almost as old as Howard?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

A bit younger - not quite turned 60.

[hafren.livejournal.com]

But when did that party last have a Scottish, or indeed non-English leader? I can't recall one post-war.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

IIRC, Douglas-Home was the son of a Scottish earl. Before that, Bonar Law, I think.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Howard born in Wales?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Yes he was, and educated there. I'd forgotten that.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Before Howard resigned I was thinking that if/when Gordon Brown takes over, all three main 'English' parties would be headed by non-English.

[hafren.livejournal.com]

Yes he was, and educated there. I'd forgotten that.

So does he.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Blair went to Fettes.