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Despite being an arch anti-Tory myself, it is difficult not to have some regard for David Davis' decision to apply for Tony Blair's position as Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, and subsequently then submit himself as a candiate for the ensuing bye-election.Some say it is an act of ego; others an act of principle. I would suggest that it's probably a bit of both. Let's not forget that this is the man who snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the Conservative leadership contest. Nonetheless, he has given up one of the most powerful positions in the shadow cabinet and put his well-paid job as an MP on the line over this.At a time when the British Labour Party has woodchipped just about every ideological plank upon which it rested, politicians (with the unfortunate...

So it's goodbye Tony, hello Gordon. I can't say I'm sorry to see the back of Blair- I'm still trying to figure out whereabouts socialism fitted into his ideological outlook- in fact, did he even have an ideological outlook? I know he was leader of the Labour Party but, well, we know the rest.To be fair to Brown, he seems a straight shooter. He's done a pretty good job with the UK economy in the past decade, and seems to shirk media opportunities which would compel him to tell us how he feels the hand of history on his shoulder etc.It was interesting when he mentioned creating a government "of the talents". Some of his colleagues may balk at the idea of him handing top jobs to outsiders, but under Blair Labour wasn't very labourlike, so it'll not make any material difference if the new new...