Well I, for one, think it's "s good thing" that Cameron won. I think it indicates at least a recognition by the party that it needs to change; whether Cameron is the man to do it, we don't really know yet. But assuming that he somehow does manage to improve the Cons (as in "to bring them closer to the reality of what the electorate needs/wants"), then this can only be a good thing, whether they get in power at the next elections or not. At the very least they will make a more effective opposition, and that is something we sorely missed in the last few years of Bliar running rampant.

I am not a Tory, and not a Labourite either. But I do believe in a rigorous demopcratic process of checks and balances, and I would welcome a stronger opposition than what the Tories had to offer in recent years.