Lord Ashcroft to resign

[Mojocvh]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politic...

Well, although he has previously said he was leaving, he's timed it to get his message across...."The Conservative Party faced a shambolic government, an unpopular Prime Minister, a recession, a huge budget deficit and an overwhelming national desire for change.

"A year before the election the Conservatives were 20 points ahead in the polls, yet they failed to win an overall majority. Surely this had been an open goal. How could they come so close to missing? "

[Victor McDade]

Hard to argue with that.

If the Tories, despite having everything going for them, could not win a majority this time round then when can they win a majority?

It's no wonder then that he's distancing himself from the party and the likes of Hague are going to follow (if Ashcroft is to be believed.)

[Iain328]

He's been "frozen out" & the grapes in his neck of the woods are clearly not quite ripe

[Vlad the Imp]

What he's actually saying is that "I'm somewhat disappointed that the Tory party has decided to distance itself from me ever since it has come to light that I lied about paying UK tax when I was enobled."

He's more of a liability than an asset to the Tory party, particularly as the Lib Dems have made it very clear that they intend to raise the issue of tax evasion higher up the political agenda.