"As you have recounted, we shouldn't really be surprised that a declaration of loyalty amounts to the first step in a campaign to usurp the leader of the day or month," writes Chris. "It seems the desire to obtain power - or to retain power by scrambling off the slippery slope of negative opinion polls - trumps integrity every time. (On reflection, how I managed to juxtapose those two words - trump and integrity - eludes me, but I concede we are discussing politics, after all.)"