'Well, in the UK that - [the right having to become more cuddlesome] - was the theory behind David Cameron’s march to the left and look where it got him: he failed to win a general election he could not lose against an incumbent Prime Minister who had brought the country to ruin. Why? Because people could see he was a temporiser, a flip-flopper, an opportunist devoid of principle and vision and interested solely in winning for winning’s sake. In other words, you wouldn’t choose to go into the jungle with him.'
MY WIFE disagrees. She believes that it is more simply an issue of 'relative charisma'!
