The new chairman is Graham Brady, winning far more comprehensively than anyone else has won anything in this Parliament: 126 votes to 85. He is supposed to be more critical of the leadership than his opponent, Richard Ottaway, and first came to everyone's notice when he expressed an opinion over the desirability of grammar schools back in 2007. Also, he appears to think that the coalition, far from being a thing of joy for ever, has created "difficult circumstances". Hmm. No wonder, the Boy-King tried to prevent his election.
The role of the 1922 Committee and its Chairman is to encourage
Many Conservatives both in and out of the House of Conmen have long since realised that although CallMeDave is a Conservative he just isnt conservative. Today's vote, and the others for the rest of the 1922 posts, have shwon that the conservatives in the HoC wont allow the party to move too far towards the centre. Interestingly the new intake seem to be at the heart of this realigning of the party....and have wasted no time in making their point.
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At last there may be a proper Chairman of the Commitee, it is most certainly needed. Perhaps there may be some hope yet. Although having seen that Stunnel has a junior post on Communities or some such thing and helped the birth of the coalition ( well he says so in the local press), Mr. Brady will need all his skills to be effective.
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