"In union there is strength."The people you are up against know that. They are a most peculiar collection indeed, and pretty obviously a lot of them must absolutely detest each other, but that doesn't stop them holding together to get power.

They use to say here that the Tory Secret Weapon was unity, in contrast to the people to the left of them, who could be relied on to split at the drop of a hat.

Fortunately, for now, it seems the Tories have mislaid that Secret Weapon, and currently have about as much chance of winning an election as Nader did of becoming President. (The down side of that is that Tony Blair is likely to get away without being hammered, because of the way the politcal system works here.)