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The Resignation of William Hague

Hague decided to resign before the election was fully over. "No man is indispensable. No man is more important than the party," he said. "It is vital for leaders to listen and parties to change. I believe it is vital the party be given the chance to choose a leader who can build on my work, but also take new initiatives and hopefully command a larger personal following in the country. I've therefore decided to step down as leader of the Conservative party when a successor can be elected in the coming months. I will continue until that time to carry out the parliamentary and other duties of the leader of the opposition." Most of the media thought he had done the right thing. And on Monday 11th June the papers were discussing how abnormal Hague was. Barbara Amiel in the Daily Telegraph (p18) faced it head on and argued that appearances do matter. Stephen Glover in the Daily Mail held that since 1997, the public has had the idea that the Tories were beyond the pale and not on the same planet as normal people. Both writers said that Mrs Thatcher was not normal either but that the times were different in the 1980s. Of course, pristine liberalism might make Margaret Thatcher look like a card carrying member of the Communist Party. But there was nothing in the campaign against Hague over the last four years that could not be have been overturned in one of those weeks that Harold Wilson so aptly described as being "a long time in politics".

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But there was nothing in the campaign against Hague over the last four years that could not be have been overturned in one of those weeks that Harold Wilson so aptly described as being "a long time in politics"..