The Fox Hunts No More.

I got it wrong. Fox has resigned after all. It seems the funding of Werrity's activities were coming in part at least from a lobbyist and a corporate intelligence company. Philip Hammond is said to be Fox's replacement but who is going to replace Hammond and will that change the government policy on HS2, another airport and Dover? Could work out for the best at the end of the day although Fox will no doubt be missed at Defence where his policies were already beginning to bear fruit. Hopefully Hammond will be able to follow continue with the changes mapped out by Fox - there is no reason to think he will not do so. Cameron has received some criticism for the way he has conducted the investigation into the stories about Fox but I think he handled it well. He set down a perfectly sensible and reasonable procedure and stuck to it calmly and with dignity. Fox was never someone who commanded a big public following and so will soon be forgotten by voters although the same will not be true of Conservative right wingers who will be upset by the loss of one of their own who also became some kind of beacon to those like him who came from a lower middle class background and were educated in a state school. Can he come back at some stage? If Laws can come back at some point for committing a rather more serious sin then I can see no reason why Fox should not do so. We'll no doubt find out. In the meantime we must hope our finances are sorted out, the euro is abandoned and our relationship with the EU is re-organise to our advantage instead of, as it is at the moment to our disadvantage. What is it about politicians or at least most of them that they fail to foresee the damage they do?