"Bottom line. However much you may want David Cameron to be an old style Tory (and every left winger wants exactly that), he just is not."

For argument's sake let's say Don is correct in his assessment of Cameron. The problem is the tory party at grass roots level is not made up of David Cameron's, it's made up of the same people who selected the previous MP's and are old style true blues.

Cameron's ability to fool people is impressive, although in reality an over-compliant media is also partly responsible for encouraging this cult of personality. Don't be fooled - it's Cameron's only chance of winning and even in his speech this morning to the party faithful he couldn't resist "another five years of Gordon Brown" as if he was the only person in government (I also especially enjoyed the old tory clarion call to "the great ignored", whom you can guarantee will still be greatly ignored post election, more so by Cameron et al than anyone because if you don't have cash, you will not matter).