current uk political situation

It has been an interesting few weeks, with each of the political parties in the UK having their conferences. The Liberal Democrats went in on a high and came out lower, Labour initially interesting, then back to "good old Tony". The Conservatives started rocky and ended rocky and are now looking like they might lose their leader, due to the current investigations.
Conference review from BBC and aftermath on the conference season. Main conference overviews for LibDems BBC and Guardian; Conservatives BBC and Guardian; Labour BBC and Guardian.
Charles Kennedy comes across as a bit tame really, I think that given the new found support for the LibDems, as I discussed earlier in the year, they could be making more of it. I think that they are sidelining Simon Hughes towards the London Mayor election. I think he might well replace Ken, but I'd rather see him running the party. If he fails to win the mayoral election, then he'll end up without a role to play.
The Tories are a sad sight, they may have some interesting policies, but the biggest cheer was still for bringing back hanging. I think that they are stuck for another term out of office, they are unable to settle on a leader for more than a couple of years at most and they need to decide now, as if IDS rides out the current furore, then he'll somehow sit tight until the election. Replacing your leader close to an election is unlikely, the questions around the employment of his wife do look set to push that decision.
Finally there is Labour, Tony pulled it out of the hat again, all questions of his grip on the leadership seem to have disappeared, though Mr Brown's speech will not have gone unnoticed.
Mr Blair's quote "I can only go one way, I've not got a reverse gear" is depressingly close to Thatcher's "This lady is not for turning", but then as was commented on last week the Tories do not know where to place themselves, as twenty years ago the speeches at the New Labour 2003 conference would have come from the Tory conference platform.
Like many people I'm thinking about whether I'll vote Labour again quite hard at the minute, the Iraq war weighs heavily in my mind and I'm unsure if I believe in the current Government. They have lied to us over the war and ignored public opinion on Foundation hospitals and ID cards. Tony has become a fervent conviction politician, he believes he is right, I'd prefer someone who listened to his public a bit more.
I might give a Brown led New Labour a chance, but might well be voting LibDem next time round.