Yes, But Can Peter Mandelson Manage This?

As may be seen from their present sane, considered and unified stance on Europe, Daveybloke's Cuddly Conservatives are a very different proposition from the nasty old party of yore. Daveybloke's Cuddly Conservatives are proud little Britons, which is why they love Lord Ashcroft so much, since he lives in Belize. Daveybloke's Cuddly Conservatives are in favour of openness and transparency, which is why they love Lord Ashcroft so much, since he disdains to say whether he pays tax here. Daveybloke's Cuddly Conservatives are against corruption, which is why William Hague allowed Lord Ashcroft to purchase a life peerage and the post of party treasurer for the sum of "several million pounds". Daveybloke's Cuddly Conservatives are in favour of British sovereignty for British parliaments, which must be why William Hague took Lord Ashcroft along on a whirlwind, romantic trip around the world last month. Ashcroft was discreet enough to remain outside the room while Hague asserted British independence in the traditional fashion before the Rodham Clinton rectum; and Daveybloke's Cuddly Conservatives must surely love him for that.