The Dangerous Dr Fox

14 Oct 2011 1 Comment

by Caitlin in British Politics, Scandal Tags: adam werrity, david cameron, liam fox, margaret thatcher, tories

So, Dr Fox has, after a week, chosen to leave the government in the wake of the long string of revelations relating to him and his friend Adam Werrity, the self-styled advisor / very dodgy individual.

 

Of course, for the two men involved today was a bad day, with a lot of people holding the opinion that they’re very ‘special’ friends, but what does it mean for the coalition?

 

Liam Fox is the darling of the Tory Right and a favourite of Baroness Thatcher, his becoming a free agent on the Tory backbenchers could spell trouble for David Cameron.

 

Cameron already has a disgruntled right flank. Devoutly euro-sceptic, Atlantic focused and pro-Isreali they are already unhappy about the concessions made in the Coalition Agreement and uneasy about the very presence of Lib Dems.

 

At the moment this is only a rough group with no firm commander apart from the 1922 Committee. Liam Fox could be that leader, giving the Tory Right the voice of a prominent MP and well known face to air their views and general unhappiness at the government.

 

This group of MPs is also somewhat anti-Cameron. Unhappy at his failure to secure a Tory majority and repulsion at having to share power with the Lib Dems, many feel Cameron’s leadership isn’t want the party need and could well be seeking an alternative. That could prove to be Dr Fox.

 

Annointed by Mrs Thatcher, that preferred alternative could well prove to be Dr Fox, putting Cameron’s leadership on rocky ground, which presumably is why Camcam failed to sack him despite the situation smelling as bad as gone off mince.

 

This saga, together with Oliver Letwin putting confidential papers in bins in St James’ Park shows Dave completed incapable of controlling anything at all in government. It also illustrates once again the extremely poor judgement (to be nice, or corruption to be less nice) of the Prime Minister and his government.

 

 

 

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