PARTIDO CONSERVADOR

O Conservative Party, do Reino Unido, está a sofrer ventos de mudança.

Depois de ter sofrido grande contestação e de ter sido "obrigado" a demitir-se pelos seus MP's ( members of parliament ), Iain Duncan Smith, deverá ceder a liderança a Michael Howard, figura relativamente consensual, dentro do partido.

No Independent:

Mr Howard, speaking at London's Saatchi gallery, said: "This is a great party. We are its trustees. I will lead this party from the centre. We will offer a new kind of politics."

To cheers and applause from supporters, Mr Howard promised to lead the Tory Party "from its centre" and to include figures from all wings of the party in his team.

The Tories would be a party for "all Britain and all Britons" and would offer "a different kind of politics", he said.

Mr Howard said: "I am announcing today that I am a candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

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