I’m British and never heard of Ben Wallace before reading this article. The poll was among Conservative Party Members so not representative of the Country as a whole. The political Parties do not have big memberships. The Conservative Party 180 000, for example. It’s not like the US with registered Republicans or Democrats, so most people - millions - who vote Conservative aren’t members of the Party. Wallace is Defence Minister, military background, tipped to be next head of NATO, so if he is elected Party leader and becomes PM, to be sure UK involvement in the futile proxy war with Russia will continue.

Chesterton’s Fence. A feature of UK, indeed European, politics is Government is like chewing gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe… impossible to get rid of. By Government I mean policies, behaviour, values, competence, direction.

European Politics is truly environmentally friendly - we recycle everything constantly - nothing gets thrown away no matter how worn or threadbare.

Elections just change the seating arrangements and the same faces keep coming round in a game of Buggin’s turn. But as far any actual change - nah! Opposition Parties are just waiting rooms for those waiting their turn.

The French figured this out the other week when only 46% bothered to turn out. They know that Left, Right, Macron in the Middle - it’s same old, same old.

And so it has been since 1945 - with a brief Thatcher interlude - in the UK.

So Chesterton may sleep sound, nothing will change.