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Denzil_DC

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18. Probably a fair assessment. She's been on "Have I Got News for You" and everything.

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 04:27 PM

Oct 2017

Can "Strictly" be far behind?

Though it was alarming how few people in Scotland polled as knowing who Kezia Dugdale was even during the time when she was on telly every night telling us how awful the SNP was and the Tories looked like a fair bet in certain seats *wink wink* during the last election. If you're relatively immersed in politics, it can come as a surprise how little consistent attention some folks pay to it. That's maybe why we're in the mess we're in!

But I'd agree, your average Tory member (a grisly mental image after a heavy supper) is probably quite clued up about the doings of the party.

Not wishing to up Davidson's profile even more, but apart from the self-inflated mythology that's built up around her as an "SNP Slayer" etc. etc. (just don't show her the latest polls up here), I suspect one reason she polls relatively well among Tories at the moment is because she fits the profile in the poll I mentioned down yonder in my "sidetrack" reply:

The only person who the public thought would do better than May was a generic “someone quite young and able who is not currently in government”… which, of course, is a recipe for respondents to imagine an ideal candidate who may very well not exist, especially not among the select group of people with a reasonable chance of winning the leadership of the Conservative party.

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Labour pull clear of Tories as new poll shows voters prefer Corbyn over May as PM [View all] Ken Burch Oct 2017 OP

Here: Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #1

Thanks. Don't know why I wasn't able to do that. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #2

No problem. The Independent site's coding's always been odd. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #3

Indeed. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #4

You've just hit the nail on the head there! T_i_B Oct 2017 #5

"Denzil may possibly be preoccupied with the idea of Ruth Davidson as Tory leader" Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #6

She cannot be the saviour of saner Tories.... T_i_B Oct 2017 #7

Well, of course, I agree! Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #8

I disagree about the "non-southern English/RP accent" bit as it happens! T_i_B Oct 2017 #9

I look forward to my hypothesis being disproven. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #10

Heh. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #11

There's also the "rhyming slang" issue with Jeremy Hunt. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #12

"there's the fact that most English Tories simply haven't heard of her" Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #13

I would say she's the 2nd most prominent Scottish politician... T_i_B Oct 2017 #17

Probably a fair assessment. She's been on "Have I Got News for You" and everything. Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #18

I wasn't speaking of her qualifications-just familiarity. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #19

I didn't say anything about Davidson's "qualifications", I was directly addressing familiarity Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #20

I stand corrected then. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #21

Nowadays, they have LeftishBrit Oct 2017 #15

Fair enough. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #22

Anyway, we sidetracked on to Davidson etc. because Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #16

Exactly LeftishBrit Oct 2017 #14

Ruth Davidson The King of Prussia Oct 2017 #23

Speaking as somebody with an openly gay Tory for an MP.... T_i_B Oct 2017 #24