Conference Confidential
Doom and gloom from the Tories' Blackpool orgy of masochism
Middle age spread?
Oliver Letwin, the Cameron supporter who once said that an Old Etonian could never lead the modern Conservative party, has stumbled across and unsightly truth in Blackpool today:
"We have to do some naval-gazing because our navels are not very attractive at the moment"
Could it be a veiled attack on the ample navel of Cameron rival Ken Clarke? David Davis is a shoe-in for the last two, with support across the party. Have the Cameron camp decided to make the most of their man's youthful physique by using anatomical language that serves to highlight Mr Clarke's comfortable proportions.
Expect more "gut feelings", "heavy issues", and "mammoth tasks" to dominate the political rhetoric coming out of the Cameron camp this week.
Middle age spread?
Oliver Letwin, the Cameron supporter who once said that an Old Etonian could never lead the modern Conservative party, has stumbled across and unsightly truth in Blackpool today:
"We have to do some naval-gazing because our navels are not very attractive at the moment"
Could it be a veiled attack on the ample navel of Cameron rival Ken Clarke? David Davis is a shoe-in for the last two, with support across the party. Have the Cameron camp decided to make the most of their man's youthful physique by using anatomical language that serves to highlight Mr Clarke's comfortable proportions.
Expect more "gut feelings", "heavy issues", and "mammoth tasks" to dominate the political rhetoric coming out of the Cameron camp this week.
