Turbohot

Clarke may get votes or may not but the new blood and new ideas will be far more beneficial for the party.New generation will have a different approach to deal with the issues rather than that stereotype old Tory angle.I really think Clarke is not the answer no matter how better he is in comparison to other candidates.

Deep Singh

We need someone with Clarke's experience, Hague's oral skills(!), Cameron's looks, Davis's background ( ie council flat, single mother) and Fox's right of centre stance.

I fear that though Cameron may attract votes he will be another Tony Blair ie obsessed with style over substance.

Lets just hope we have a leader everybody can unite behind and stop NL from sending this country to the dogs

Turbohot

Agree

TopBanana

I think people are sick of wishy-washy touchy-feely talk from politicians, they just want to hear it straight. It's probably why a lot of people have given up on politics altogether. Clarke is the only one who can speak in plain simple terms that people understand

FASTER MIKE!!

dr fox for me, came from a working class back ground and done ok. the thing about clark is his image, just too scruffy, how can you vote for a man that looks like a farmer, in that tatty old barber jacket

mike

Leslie

I agree with Deep, I think they made a big mistake when they dumped Hague.

Dont see what wearing an old Barbour has to do with ability to lead a political party.

Les

TelBoy

Everything, in this day and age. I'm surprised you even raise the question, Les. What do you think Blair has been elected on, if not that??

TopBanana

The point is that people can see through that now (except Mike maybe!)

Leslie

Billy was seen wearing a brand new Barbour once, on a duty visit to the country! That was when he was looking for votes of course, before the Hunting Ban.

Les

TelBoy

Plus, Clarke's wife looks like your granny after a rough night out

unclebuck

All image and gloss over content.

How shallow the British people have become. Churchill never had these 'problems'

TelBoy

That's because General Election campaigns weren't conducted on the television back then.

FASTER MIKE!!

was church ever seen scruffy? ken clark just looked scruffy, what does it tell you? apperance says alot about a person, its not so much the image of what he's wearing, just what it portrays, scruffy, would you want that representing your county? i would'nt. if he wants to dress down i his own time then fair enough, but at work thats different, should be smart

mike

Adrian F

Clark is to old and the press will just slaughter him for his link to the last Tory Government. I know people who voted Labour at the last election with the justification that the Tories would bring the poll tax back. Memories are long and a lot of voters are convinced that Gordon created the economic miracle!

Cameron is to young and like Blair to slippery from what i have seen. if he turns out to actually have conviction rather than just spin then to elect him now would be to waste him before his time like they did with Hague.

DD was to "Grey" no inspiration. Shame on paper has many good points.

Liam is now my Favourite of the lot and has had a life outside Westminster! He has seen a bit more of life. He also has policies he believes in for the right reasons not just because they will spin well.

Rifkin to upper class. he is clever but not TV friendly

Shame Hague is out of the picture i think he has matured in to a good leadership prospect. But then again there was this thing a while ago in the papers saying will the public elect a bald man as PM?