December 21
2005
Blair's natural successor
» Posted on December 21, 2005 08:32 AM » Category: UK politics

Intriguing answer from Peter Mandelson this morning. Asked by John Humphrys if it was true that Tony Blair thinks of David Cameron rather than Gordon Brown as his best successor, Mandelson did not say, as one might have expected, 'nonsense', 'drivel', 'don't be so stupid', or some such withering dismissal. He came out with this:

I can't imagine in what possible circumstances that might be the case.

Hmmm. Remember Michael Heseltine saying that he could "see no circumstances" under which he would challenge Margaret Thatcher for the Tory leadership?


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