Over to Howard

摘要

After months of plotting and backstab-bing, the Conservative Party's survival instinct reasserted itself this week. Hours after of plunging the knife into its leader, Iain Duncan Smith, Tory MPS from all quarters of the party were giving their backing to Michael Howard, a veteran right-winger who had served in both the Thatcher and Major governments. His virtual coronation spares the party the trouble, cost and potential damage a full contest for the leadership would cause and gives it at least a chance of living up to its title as Britain's official opposition.