I enjoyed Iain Dale's column in today's Telegraph where he advised David Cameron to appoint William Hague as his deputy. Well, I'll go along with that. I hope I'm not posting anything that will cause me grief - but I believe William to be the most outstanding politician of this era. So Iain, I'm with you on this. But hold on a minute. What's this about your old boss, David Davis.
What really struck me about Iain's article was his suggestion that David could play some sort of John Presscott role for David Cameron. I don't care how you dress this up, it seems to me to be a risky thing to say. David Davis does not look like the sort of man to compare to a buffoon. If I was Iain, I would go back to Rwanda for a few weeks - where he might just be safer.
6 comments:
William Hague stands out as the most intelligent and articulate of the Conservative politicians of the generation. I wish he could be persuaded to join Plaid. A great contrast to a certain gentleman I wrote about in the Western Mail today (see : letters -"Sour Grapes")!
Alan in Dyfed
everyone seems to forget how disasterous he was as Tory Leader. If he was that great then you'd still be in power!
william hague was a disaster for Wales as well as the Tory party
Well rid of him and his baggage
William Hague has two saving graces:
1} He married a Welsh girl - Ffion
2) He was born in the same town that I was.
anons - not often that I totally and utterly disagree with comments on my blog - but you are both so wrong about William. It would have made no difference who our leader was in 2001, we would have been stuffed.
Alan - only problem with your response is that it is exactly what Delwyn wants. I have always liked him but I disagree with what he wrote. I thought the best response was to ignore. But several people have contacted me, making similar comments to yours.
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