Hillary's British blues

Tim Montgomerie

If it is true, Melanie, it will be because of Simon Burns - a lifelong Dem and a whip.

Samantha Jones

I sincerely hope not...if true, they'll never get my vote.

Tiberius

Obviously Boris has paid a visit.

Lee Jakeman

Perhaps there are a lot of sexists in the Tory Party who believe that a Hillary victory would really be a third term for husband Bill, who is preferred to Bush. Perhaps ...

Ian Hills

The Tories permanently offended the Bush/Republican administration with their comments about the ongoing Iraq war, so toadying up to the Democrats/Clinton may be one way of patching up the special relationship - which has been of monumental benefit to us from Suez onwards. More pertinently, a rapprochement with the nominally anti-war Clinton may just swing enough moslem votes Cameron's way to get him into Downing Street. (NB, it appears to have been a desire for such votes by Blackburn MP Jack Straw that cost him his job as Foreign Secretary. Condoleeza Rice took one look at Blackburn and he was sacked.)

Jordan Baribeau

Haahaha, wow, oh conservatism where are you when we need you most. We're even losing John Howard in the race for conservative foreign policy =(.