At least he's an interesting man, he can reflect and he can write. I've read his book Politics on the Edge, it's a good read, and has a wry take on politics and on himself. It's amusing and horrifying (in that it confirms all one's most jaundiced opinions on politics) Yes, he's a more "conventional" Tory as of yore, Burkean probably. He's no socialist, but has the patrician concern for his fellow human beings of the old fashioned Tory. He's accomplished quite a lot in his life, at home and overseas, speaks numerous languages and likes walking, I have none of his talents, but I do like walking. That's a plus in my book. He's basically a decent man, whose politics most people posting here will disagree with, as I do. It's the greatest shame that his fellow Tories are now so right wing that a talented and humane man like him will be beaten by a bombast like and incompetent buffoon like Johnson, and tell me, would he have been worse than Starmer? Is he what the country needs right now, of course not, but I can't think of a politician who is the person.