Bruce Anderson

Is David Cameron tough enough to be a Tory revolutionary?

The next government will be faced with some of the most difficult problems in peacetime history. Bruce Anderson asks whether the Tory leader has the qualities he will need to rise to the challenges ahead

issue 03 October 2009
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A Pall Mall club: the members’ table at lunchtime: unease and discontent. Everyone wants rid of Gordon Brown. No one is sure about David Cameron. I am asked the questions that I have been asked a hundred times before. What does he believe in? Will he be up to it?

The questioners think that their doubts arise from a shortage of policies.

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