Should Howard go?
 

Time for him to step down?

Gain of +0.6%

He is a great "speaker" but does not have the right image ;)

You forgot an important choice:

Who gives a flying ****

ChrisB ..... :notworthy

Common sense is slowly coming back to the posts in NSR, hurrah! :D

Very weak election campaign from Howard IMO.

Stay for now, but needs to look at stepping aside by mid term.

Keep him, he strengthens the current administration.

:lol: by taking 40 seats off them

He's weak and a plakky scouser..... Vote for me!

Wrong question. What you should be asking is how quickly Blair will go before the Brown camp finally stop sitting on the fence and start the bloodbath that Labour needs if it is to have any chance of getting through any of its policies with such a reduced majority.

If the electorate could be bothered to look at the underlying policies of each party, rather that concentrating on personalities then we would have quite different results at election time.

That's irrelevant NEW LABOUR WON MORON.:)

Howard underperformed, he should stay.

Well said Flatcapdriver.

Les

Seems he has just announced he will go sooner rather than later and certainly before the next election - according to my BBC News Desktop Notification - more to follow soon apparently.

From the BBC Website:


"Michael Howard announced that he was standing down as Conservative leader.


He said he wanted to "do now what is best for my party, and above all for my country". But he said he would stay as leader until the party's rules on selecting a successor had been changed. "

They should have put Ken Clarke in: he's just more popular and well liked than Michael Howard. I fear that modern politics has more to do with image than policy!

NS04

For sure - only trouble is KC is too pro-Europe for the Tory hard liners.

Howard Gives His Resignation
 

Well, who will be the next Tory Leader for Labour to stuff?? :D :D :D

You will need someone DAMNED good to fight off Gordon Brown and a superb economy :D

Pete

I agree... I'm thinking something along the lines of "The Day of the Jackal," but with more success, should do the trick...

His public image is rubbish...he looks and acts like a politician!! :D
As far as Con politicians go, he'll do the job.

But as a public figurehead for the Cons, he hasn't a chance amongst the general population of thickos who purely judge on asthetic appearances :mad:

What the cons need is someone these types of people will like. Perhaps a soap star, ex-boyband singer. Maybe that Steve bloke who won the X-factor?? ;)

It's a pity that a significant population in this country is so stupid to judge a country's leader based on nothing more than a few photos and a few arsey Journos trying to sell a news story :mad:

And put up with more stealth taxes, higher fuel prices, homes that first time buyers cannot afford, more N.I contributions hmmmm!!!!

They all p*** in the same pot if you ask me and dont give a flying f*** about your average bloke just giving us speil to get in power

Bring back Thatcher........or maybe not!:freak3:

If the media jump ship, in particular the Sun and such like, that's what will affect the voting at grass roots.

Bring back hanging i say :mad:

He is leaving ...............

No-one to step in though ...... only Mrs Smith with her Blue-Rinse!!

The Tories are finished ... no-one will shed a single tear :D :D :D

Pete

Yes - Just imagine what would have happened if Max Clifford was the leader of the Conservatives instead of Howard ;)

....Or maybe Rupert Murdoch :D

That would be an EXCELLENT way to put the Tories out of their misery!! :D :D

Pete

Sorry Pete, but Michael tells me that if they go down, they're taking you with them!! :D

One more Anti-Tory comment from you and your MAF gets it!!! :) :D

NS04

Portillo should get the job .......... or Boris :)

Boris, excellent!! :D:D

When I created this thread it was called "Should Howard go?"
It seems to have changed it's title by itself!?
I am not fussed, just curious as to who?

Buck