If William Hague was Tory Leader

[DAVEVO9]

Would it have been a different result this time round?

[Dave Angel]

DAVEVO9 said:

Would it have been a different result this time round?

Definitely, better a beer swilling baseball cap wearing Yorkie who can engage in debate than an ex-Etonian Blair lookalike with a face like a slapped arse.

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Edited by Dave Angel on Tuesday 11th May 00:08

[DAVEVO9]

Dave Angel said:

DAVEVO9 said:

Would it have been a different result this time round?

Definitely, better a beer swilling baseball cap wearing Yorkie who can engege in debate than an ex-Etonian Blair lookalike with a face like a slapped arse.

He seems very good at debating to me and is right in the thick of it trying to sort this mess out.

Edited by DAVEVO9 on Tuesday 11th May 00:12

[anonymous-user]

Hague was leader far too early for anyones good, he now looks the part rather than a spotty oik with no clue about life. It's a shame as he would be far better now than Cameron.

[ClassicMercs]

Umm - just having the same thoughts myself earlier.

His previous stint as party leader was not at the right time. He is a well known figure - how long has he been around ? Must be best part of 30 years, man and boy.

He sounds like a fairly ordinary bloke - not a toff - and certainly not a Scot !! And he has never to my recollection had a scandal attached to his name.

Lets say Haigh vs Balls (or Winky) - no contest imo. Am I biased being a Yorkshireman ?

[rs1952]

ClassicMercs said:

Umm - just having the same thoughts myself earlier.

He is a well known figure - how long has he been around ? Must be best part of 30 years, man and boy.

34 years, man and boy, since "that" speech at the conference in 1976

[hidetheelephants]

hmm, Hague's better than CMD, but DD has better 'management hair' and is equally working class(such as it exists), so wins on points. He's ex-SAS too so is a double hard bd, armed or otherwise.

[Gun]

Apparently he used to regularly tear Tony Bliar to shreds in Prime Ministers Questions but because Labour were at the height of their popularity at the time barely got mentioned in the press. A proper politician, not someone who can just deliver a pre-written speech well.

[Mojocvh]

Gun said:

Apparently he used to regularly tear Tony Bliar to shreds in Prime Ministers Questions but because Labour were at the height of their popularity at the time barely got mentioned in the press. A proper politician, not someone who can just deliver a pre-written speech well.

Indeed, he proved that yesterday.

[KANEIT]

Ah so it's David Cameron's fault now eh?!

[Mojocvh]

KANEIT said:

Ah so it's David Cameron's fault now eh?!

If that's what you think you are more than welcome to your opinion.

[hidetheelephants]

KANEIT said:

Ah so it's David Cameron's fault now eh?!

That's a bit unfair, but he hasn't exactly covered himself with glory in the last 3 months.

[s2art]

KANEIT said:

Ah so it's David Cameron's fault now eh?!

He certainly made some major errors, but it cant all be blamed on him.

[baldy1926]

He was really good at PMQT, he was one of the reasons it went to once a week as he was wiping the floor with Blair every week

[Diderot]

s2art said:

KANEIT said:

Ah so it's David Cameron's fault now eh?!

He certainly made some major errors, but it cant all be blamed on him.

And he's completely lost the plot about MMGW and all things eco-mentalist.

[BMWBen]

baldy1926 said:

He was really good at PMQT, he was one of the reasons it went to once a week as he was wiping the floor with Blair every week

To be fair though, it's not like cameron wasn't tearing strips of GB every PMQ's over the last year.

Blair was better than Brown at PMQ's so not directly comparable, but some of Cameron's performances have been pretty good. Agreed that Hague at the top would be more appealing for the window licking public than the two "posh boys".

But then I have a healthy dose of disgust for anyone who dismisses someone "because they're posh". It's pathetic in this day and age, when anyone with a bit of a brain can make themselves some decent money. A pathetic excuse for justifying their own mediocrity I think.

[fathomfive]

Hague strikes me as someone who could lead a country rather than just be the head of the party in power.
I'm not sure what it is about CMD, he just doesn't have an air of authority.

All a moot point in reality.

[Jasandjules]

Diderot said:

And he's completely lost the plot about MMGW and all things eco-mentalist.

And this is my main concern with a Tory/Lib Dem coalition. More eco bks taxation.

[Fittster]

Hague is a failure. He's stepped up and the electorate laughed at him, you may as well bring back IDS.

[neil_bolton]

Fittster said:

Hague is a failure. He's stepped up and the electorate laughed at him, you may as well bring back IDS.

I don't know. In a maelstrom of inept media luvvy leaders and one mentally challenged PM, a straight talking, confidence inspiring chap, whom, if I've heard right served in the SAS, I think people would take to him MUCH more than a Milliband or a Balls.

He'd have the armed forces behind him right away as one of their own.

Put it this way. He, Boris, Farage and as much as it pains me to say, but Alan Johnson, are the only people who seem to be able to actually talk to us, rather than preach.