Dave Cameron

I will try to counter the points made by Fourthway about the election wins of Cameron in this round. Indeed David Cameron was young when he took leadership of the conservative party. In the build up to the leadership race their were a few circumstances which assisted Cameron to victory. The front runner David Davis had delivered a poor speech at the tory party conference which undermined his leadership hopes and this was apparent by the lack of supporting votes he received in the first round. Which Davis still won rather convincingly I hasten to add. When Ken Clarke then pulled out of the contest it left Cameron as the only candidate who represented the centre of the party, and we must consider this has become the main stage of political influence in this country, which is unfortunate and has led to the media friendliness of leaders being their main electable advantage.. The Tories wanted to emulate what they saw as the vote winning ground, what with the labour party still being in office. Indeed I doubt fundamentally you could put a sliver of light between Cameron and Blair on many issues concerning governance of the UK, and we must remember Cameron's closest political ally Osborne openly admits Blair is his political idol. So I would say emulating someone else is not the sign of strong leadership, quite the opposite in fact and many people still readily question what Cameron's beliefs actually are. Leaving this doubt in so many minds again is not the qualities I would expect of a good leader. Regarding the 2010 election with Brown in office (a man not liked in his role as chancellor) and the press swapping it's allegiance predominantly back to the Tory campaign, helped Cameron greatly. Again we know how close Murdoch and Cameron actually are, lets not forget the Coulson affair which left a wholly unpalatable flavour in the electorates mouth, not long after he took office. This is not winning on merit it is winning on favour. Brown had no redeeming qualities in the run up to the election, the bank bailout, the gold sale which is still brought up to this day for some reason, and his rather unfortunate tick which lets be honest in this nonsense age of politics seemed one of his biggest disadvantages. Especially compared to the rather quaffered waxy look of Cameron. Brown was not even an elected PM which is not attractive to the electorate.(Callaghan 1976 springs to mind) I must add I am not a fan of Brown or Blair in any way I see both of these as contributors to this country's woes. So back to the election with this torrid set of circumstances for Brown, and the boundary changes in 2005 (polled as a net benefit to the Tories) why could Cameron not secure a convincing win. I would suggest that in reality although palatable he lacks the spirit of true leadership. Regarding the Scottish referendum I personally don't think Cameron campaigned well at all and the result is testament to this, we are still subject to the ramblings of the out campaign, who feel that even though gaining a good slice of the vote their voice was not heard and they continue to feel they are under represented. I will concur Cameron achieved his main objective the Machiavellian decimation of the labour party in Scotland, which combined yet again with the lack of Milleband's media polish, (bacon sandwich anyone) winged Cameron back into office. The pollsters hold no sway with me and I will not accept this adds to Cameron's presumed success, it just eradicates any faith in the polling industry in this day and age. I note after the election Lynton Crosby appeared to take most of the credit for Cameron remaining in office. Another Australian who Cameron had to rely on to do his rather vague bidding. Cameron and the whole country were debating the terms of the next coalition. The nation had no faith in him having a majority and by the way it looks neither did Cameron himself. I have little time to cross check Cameron's loses in parliament, but I would suggest on many occasions he has had to concede to get the vote through, I believe this happened regarding the EU referendum legislation for example. This man although a professional politician is far from a conviction one. A good leader he is not.