David Cameron faces Tory party anger

[Turborama]

Source: The Observer

David Cameron was facing a growing backlash from his own MPs and party grandees today over the conduct of an election campaign that left him short of an overall majority and trying to make a deal with the Lib Dems.

The Observer can reveal that Lord Ashcroft, who pumped £5m into marginal seats, is furious with the Tory leader for having agreed to take part in television debates that he believes undid much of his work for the party.

Friends of Ashcroft also say the peer is angry because he believes Cameron failed to stand up for him properly in the row over his "non-dom" tax status, which harmed the Tories in the run-up to the election.

Today, one senior frontbencher rounded on the Conservative leader, demanding that he sack key figures involved in the campaign, including the man who ran it, George Osborne, the shadow chancellor. The frontbencher said: "He ran his campaign from the back of his Jaguar with a smug, smarmy little clique – people like Osborne, Letwin and Michael Gove. He should get rid of all of them. The party will settle for nothing less."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/08/david-cameron-faces-tory-anger

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Another Tory front bencher has called Cameron's "Big Society" idea "complete crap". :rofl:

The Tory party have a history of fratricide via circular firing squads, they are quite likely going to have a massive split over all this.

Check out this excellently edited video that shows how much Cameron really has copied Blair: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FnmnuDiVno

Details on Ashcroft...

Wikpedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ashcroft,_Baron_Ashcroft

BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7904212.stm">Lord Ashcroft: controversial Tory donor ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8544122.stm">Q&A: Lord Ashcroft

The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/mar/01/lord-ashcroft-profile">Profile: Lord Ashcroft

[Metric System]

1. I have to read up on this Lord Ashcroft. He sounds very much like a puppetmaster.

[Turborama]

2. He is

I've added some links to the OP to assist you and anyone else who wants to find out more about how controversial his involvement with the Tories is.

[Metric System]

4. Thanks for the links.

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3. Check out what he's up to in Belize, owns the place or something nt