THE THREE-CORNERED FIGHT FOR ALAN CLARK'S CONSTITUENCY
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Status: Lost Enfield Southgate in 1997
Age: 46
Qualification for the job: former defence secretary, darling of the Right, expected to challenge William Hague for leadership
Ideological stance: Arch Euroscepticism with new social liberalism and caring side
Odds: 2/1
Success rating: the Castilian stallion is the clear front-runner, but stands accused of having wobbled recently
Rupert Allason
Status: Lost Torbay in 1997
Age: 47
Qualification for the job: Famous for persuading his seaside constituents to elect him not once, but twice
Ideological stance: More known for his dolce vita tastes than his ideology, but a Eurosceptic
Odds: 10/1
Success rating: Too spivvish for the Royal Borough
Peter Hitchens
Status: Columnist on the Daily Express; also appears on television
Age: 49
Qualification for the job: Probably the most determined Blair-baiter in Britain
Ideological stance: Self-proclaimed reactionary who hates everything about modern Britain
Odds: 12/1
Success rating: Outsider, but that depends on how many Fleet Street editors live in Chelsea
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