Iain Duncan Smith won

[ciphergoth]

On the good side, the Tory party is dead forever now, they've written their own epitaph and it reads "Too old and too mad to live". And on the good side, this might in the long term mean that the Lib Dems become the opposition, causing a leftward shift in UK politics.

On the bad side, all sorts of far-right nonsense will be lent media legitimacy through coming out of the mouth of the leader of the Official Opposition.

Overall this was the result I hoped for.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1542000/1542554.stm

Comments

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I worry about that too, though I don't think even Blair will swing *quite* that far right. But on the other hand, I think Ken Clarke is a relatively smart guy, and I worried that he might have been able to salvage the Tory party. Even before this year's General Election, he was the first (and indeed the only) person I could think of who might be able to lead the Tory party into some semblance of credibility.

We need not worry that they'll gain any credibility with IDS as leader.

BTW do you like my cow?

[babysimon]

Lovely cow. Think it works better as an occasional sweetener than used frequently.

Like my chinese people?

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Cool. Did you Photoshop it yourself?

[babysimon]

It's a closeup of a picture I saw in the Pompidou centre and quite liked. Unretouched by me.

Oh, and you misspelt "gimp". Hope this helps.