Malcolm No Longer in the Middle
The latest News is that Malcolm Rifkind has pulled out of the race.
Rifkind departs Tory leader race.
As the former foreign secretary had few declared supporters, this will not mean much in terms of transfer of votes. What is does mean however is that one of the remaining four will leave the contest in the first round.
Could this Blog be put out of a job in so short a time?
posted by Serf @ 3:02 pm
4 comments
4 Comments:
Nuts. I was hoping that after the first round shake-up Fox could get a boost. Now he'll be the first out.
It would be mission accomplished anyway Serf so not with any shame.
Daniel
I am not convinced that Fox will be first out. He is neck and neck with Clarke at the moment but with more chance of new backers. After DC's meteoric rise, much of Malcolm's backing (all 8 of them) could go to him rather than KC.
Coming ahead of KC would be a shot in the arm for Fox.
Fox as kingmaker seems possible - he certainly isn't putting himself about like he wants it himself. With Rifkind going so early, its harder to ignore Camerons ascendancy.
I'm assuming he'll go with Davis and a frontbench guarentee.
That would put pressure on Ken to back Cameron or risk Bruiser charging straight through the middle.
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