Unimaginative, boring, flat, stale, passionless, wooden, tepid. “A combination of IDS’ appeal and Al Gore’s charisma”. Davis may have policies that appeal to the core voters, but even those who are in tune with him admit he blew his speech. Davis, based on this performance, will when it goes to the hustings be beat by any of the other candidates on the soap box.

Guido said yesterday that the leadership was Basher’s to lose. He lost it today.

Fox can now make his play for the right-wing vote.