hmmm, I'm not sure.

Born in London, went to elite schools and Oxford University, never had a real job in his life, somehow 'represented' local people in constituencies like Bristol and Chesterfield.

Wanted to withdraw from Suez, was opposed to the Falklands invasion (maybe he thought we should just roll over and let anybody take stuff from us), supported unilateral disarmament (there's the answer)

I'm not particularly political, nor do I have anything against the chap .... But I'd argue that what we need is people who are different from him in politics. He sounds just like all the other metropolitan elite professional politicians that we are saddled with.