Conservatives should have thought before voting for War in Iraq
The UK is a parliamentary democracy, but under Blair it has becme more Presidential than parliamentary. This means that instead of the House of Commons playing a role in deciding the major issues of the day, the PM's personal staff and the unelected body of advisors play a major role in policy formulation. The failure of this model of decision making is found in the run up to the Iraq War. Instead of consulting his political colleagues Tony Blair had false intelligence reports selectively leaked to the press making rational decision making next to impossible. Further, when one brave heart leaked the information that the reports dealing with Iraq's WMD are "sexed up", the man was driven to suicide. The Hutton Inquiry essentially covered up the scandal and Blair escaped scott free. At least in the USA George II is being attacked and questioned for his decision tom go to war.
The political troubles of Blair do not mean that the Tories will gain.. In a fit of racist arrogance they stood up to be counted behind the likes of Blair and voted for war, at a time when nearly a third of the Labour Party revolted aginst the leadership of Blair. Robin Cook the Forign Minister even resigned. The Tories have failed the Nation, and hence may not gain in the next elections.