David Cameron wins Swedish election

What the successful Swedish right-wing opposition did was to move closer to the government and promise minimal change.

Sound familiar? It seems to have worked. Disgruntled the UK Conservatives may be, but tradition will assert itself and they will always choose a winning strategy over purity and defeat. Not for them the Michael Foot way.

As long as Cameron stays ahead in the polls, a party to the right of the Tories will have to target uncommitted voters rather than Tory loyalists.