A lot of truth here.
At the time, I was astounded at how the media manipulated the last Tory leadership campaign and how a reasonable performance by David Davis (yes- I know he has his faults, but he would have been considerably better than Cameron) was so quickly rubbished as grey and uninspirational.... guess I shouldn't have been so naieve.
But the experienced members and MPs shouldn't have been so easily duped. For instance, my local MP (who's been in parliament since 1983) hailed cameron as "outstanding". Are they really all just careerists now- even the backbenchers? And what excuse or motivation does the ordinary party member have for going along with this high consenus/ nil conviction stuff?
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