Ken Clarke is articulate and well-presented and his attractiveness to the floating voter is undeniable. He’ll make a great Party leader - for Labour.

For conservatives he’s totally unsuitable. He seems to have little sympathy with freedom from the state and, of course, is a strong advocate for Britain’s absorption into the EU Superstate. Don’t believe him when he says Europe is a non-issue. Each and every second of every minute of every hour we live our lives in the shadow of that foreign institution’s power. It makes many of our laws and will continue to make many more of them. Where British law - the law made by us for us - contradicts the EU State’s laws then one has to go - and it’s always ours.

So whoever wins the Conservative Party leadership contest we do not want it to be Ken Clarke. To emphasise the point, EU Serf has set up a blog called Anyone But Ken.

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