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Mr Howard is portraying himself as the unifying candidate (one can\u2019t help but wonder what his involvement if any with the plots to destabilise IDS has been) but bizarrely feels the need to point out If someone else comes forward I am not going to drop out. I will continue to stand.<\/p>\n

What of his plans well according to a slightly odd interview in The Sun<\/a> \u201cI plan to complete the discrediting of a discredited Prime Minister and a discredited government.<\/p>\n

Mr Howard has also vowed to continue with exciting, innovative and imaginative policies thrashed out earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Perhaps I blinked and missed them, although I understand that the Tories do have a number of new ideas.<\/p>\n

I wonder how long this leader of the Tory party will last, and what the results of the next General Election will be.<\/p>\n

According to the News on the BBC tonight Howards selection has been great news for the party, the Guardian appears not so sure stating \u201cWait a minute. Howard may have hair, no speech impediment (beyond an inability to say the word peepul), and is not a brainless buffoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe may have a certain air of authority and a barrister\u2019s skill at the dispatch box, but Michael Howard is one of the most unpopular men in British politics today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Politics is rarely dull.<\/p>\n

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