text: do we need "new tory"? with the seriousness of things at the moment. do we need a new tory party at the moment to form a credible government?  what i mean by new tory is to bring back some of the more creditable people such as ken clarke, michael portillo, john major, michel howard, ect. these guys are experienced and old school and maybe what we need to shrug off all this spin and political correctness and sort this mess out.  what do you think? i think we could do without the tories, full stop. whatever you might think of the current lot, the tories you mentioned were without doubt part of one of the most damaging governments the uk has seen. i seem to recall a number of them serving time at her majesties pleasure too. i see worrying things in this current government, but please, please, please do not let the tories back in again.