Am I a Rubber Dinghy?

I accept that the title of this posting sounds like one of those Radio 4 programmes about Psychiatry, or the title of a painting by that fascinating Belgian, Rene Magritte.

But actually it is a reference to an attack on me by Tim Montgomerie, of 'Conservative Home', which readers can find here. http://conservativehome.blogs.com/majority_conservatism/2012/11/trust-in-polling-not-punditry.html#idc-container

Alas, I lack the facilities to retaliate with a drawing of the Tory party as a foundering tramp steamer, streaked with rust and very low in the water as its captain stands, wreathed in beatific smiles and apparently wholly unware of the ominous sloshing and gurgling from below, , on the bridge, (perhaps marrying two men as he keeps one languid hand on the wheel), while the crew and passengers either plunge overboard in despair or stand shivering on the bulwarks, trying to persuade themselves that the poor old bark will reach port one day.

 

Of course, Mr Montgomerie has failed to register, as so many Tory loyalists do, that I am way ahead of him. I understood long ago what reality will make clear to him in 2015 - the Tory Party is finished and cannot be saved. The only question is what we should do about that.

 

A summary of my position can still be found here

http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2007/10/the-tories-are-.html