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Iain Duncan-Smith as the new Tory leader.

DESPITE a confident declaration of victory by Clarke in the news on 8th September, Smith emerged as the winner on Thursday, 13th September by 61% to 39% of the votes cast; which were from more than 80% of the members. The result had been postponed a day in reaction to the Twin Towers terrorism in New York. Smith put together a Shadow Cabinet which Clarke denounced as way too Eurosceptic on the news reports of 22 September. He also says that he will not be going to the Tory Conference this year. He had refused to go into the cabinet, should he lose, all along. What he meant by promising his full support to Smith in the speech when the results were announced is none too clear. It is beginning to look rather like the full support which Ted Heath gave to Maggie Thatcher. The biggest change of the reshuffle is the return of Michael Howard as Shadow Chancellor. No place was found for John Redwood, who was reported as being miffed that he himself did not get the Shadow Chancellor job.

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What he meant by promising his full support to Smith in the speech when the results were announced is none too clear. It is beginning to look rather like the full support which Ted Heath gave to Maggie Thatcher.