Article: Britain's Conservative leadership race enters final week of campaigning

ED JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
11-28-2005
Dateline: LONDON
The Conservative Party leadership race entered its final week Monday, with two candidates promising to transform the ailing opposition party into an election winning force.

David Cameron, 39, and David Davis, 57, have a final week to woo party members before the ballot closes on Dec. 5.

The winner will be the Conservative's fifth leader since former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigned in 1990, contributing to years of turmoil, party infighting and three straight election defeats to Tony Blair's Labour Party.

Cameron's campaign is gaining momentum and according to polls, he is the favorite to lead the party. ...

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