Is Cameron leading the Tories to extinction?

[Gromit]

After more than 10 years of Labour Government, for the Tories to trail in 3rd in two bye-elections is a disaster for them. Admittedly, both were in strong Labour constituencies , but to be pushed into 3rd is not good enough. Cameron worked very hard in Ealing, visiting it 5 times in the past week. I think he is in for an uncomfortable day today.

Do you think his days as leader are numbered?

[China Doll]

Do they have anyone else who could step in?

[vehelpfulguy]

What is worse is that they were pushed into second place by the Liberal Democrats who currently do not have a leader.

Anyway, David Davies would be a far better leader than Cameron.

[vehelpfulguy]

Sorry, that should say "they were pushed into THIRD place"

[kwicky]

I'm surprised they didn't ask Blair to cross the floor and stand for Tory leader?

[Kromovaracun]

'Extinction' is a bit extreme but as a leader he's pretty ******** in just about every field except publicity (and is thus responsible for the cringe-fest that is the Tories' current logo). He's good at churning out soundbytes in Parliament and point-scoring, so he's sufficient as an opposition leader - but I just think he's very difficult to take seriously.

This alleged vote of no confidence seems to be a bit of a nonevent though. Pity, really.

[Kromovaracun]

the starred-out word above is not a swearword. It's whoever designed the AnswerBank swear filter being irritating (and lazy). The word I was using is another word for 'useless' that begins with 'f' and ends with the same last four words.