Over to Howard
The Tories are looking to a better future with a politician from a troubled past
AFTER months of plotting and backstabbing, 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.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Over to Howard”
From the November 1st 2003 edition
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