Jonathan Todd

Danny Finkelstein is shocked that none of the Tory leadership are amongst the top 5 politicians of the year identified by PoliticsHome. But it doesn’t seem so surprising when set against an observation made by Rod Liddle last month:

“There are few names on the opposition front bench who seem to be possessed of either gravitas or chutzpah, still less conviction.”

Is Liddle really so wrong? If he isn’t, then the PoliticsHome result isn’t so strange at all, but it does illustrate a significant problem that the Conservatives would seem to have.