I could almost be angry with David Davis for allowing Cameron to slide so far ahead in this contest - but I am truly angry with the press for their complicity with the Notting Hill politicians. It would be naive to think that if Cameron is elected as leader, the media will do anything other than feast on his privileged background, and consistently highlight his lack of experience. All the old associations of class will be driven hard home, and irrespective of policies (I wait with bated breath to see if the “modernisers” truly amount to much) the country will shun the Tories again. And as for Cameron's apparent monopoly on “modernising”, stop and listen again to Davis. This is not a man who needs to “get back in touch”. He already is. And if he's not getting that message across, it's because no one in the press wants to report it. Sarah Hanna, Cambridge

Does anyone really believe that where a 39-year-old man went to school is important? David Cameron can is the man to modernise the Conservative Party and take it to an election victory. Rob McNamara, London

Of course the Tories should choose David Cameron. He is articulate, intelligent, presents well and has shown that he understands the need for the party to change. Those correspondents who are labelling him another Tony Blair should stop and think. Blair really will have won if the public cynicism he has bred leads us to condemn out of hand every imtelligent person who presents well. Let's grow up. James Elliott, Hove, East Sussex

Too much has been made of David Cameron's lack of hard policy ideas; surely at this stage this is unimportant. What the Conservatives need is a leader who can lead the party in the right general direction, act as a spokesman to present policy ideas when they are developed and act as a manager to keep the parliamentary party united. Deciding who is most capable of doing these three things is the priority; worrying about policy should be left until later in the general election cycle. Edward Morgan, London

All three contenders are capable of leading the Tories back to power. The only divisive figure was Ken Clarke. David Cameron is the right man to carry on the good work done by Michael Howard and he will definitely be able to get back the women, youth and centrist vote. Even if the other two are elected I think there is a bright future ahead for the Tories - but the ideal situation would be Cameron as the leader and Davis and Dr Fox as (Shadow) Home and Foreign Secretaries respectively. Aranya Syed, London

David Cameron said he once sat at the back of a class in a secondary school and heard pupils decribe the problems they had had with drugs. Unfortunately, given his backgound, this is probably the nearest he has got to real life. The Conservatives will still be in the political wilderness in the North and Midlands if Cameron becomes leader. Davis, however, would attract votes from a much broader spectrum of society. Unfortunately he went to one of the newer, although one of the best, campus universities. Experience, toughness and political nous will count for nothing. Robin Hart, Sutton Coldfield

It seems likely that the next Tory leader will be Cameron. But can he lead them to victory at the next General Election? I think not. He will be ripped apart by the media, for they have whiff of a skeleton in the closet and they won't rest until they're chewing on the bones. Paul Pickering, Camberley, Surrey

The last thing ordinary people in this country need is another posh bloke pretending he's in touch. We don't want to replace Tony Blair with "Tony Blair lite". Rob Sinclair, Manchester

The best way to elect a Tory leader who will take them to victory in the next election would be to determine who is least liked amongst the Tory rank and file. Then make this person the leader. There is sufficient evidence from the recent past that this person would command more respect from the country at large. Vinay Mehra, Purley, Surrey

Tony Blair became Prime Minister without ever holding high office. He then dismantled several centuries of parliamentary practice, emasculated the Civil Service and made living in Britain intolerable for British people. Isn't it time to repair the damage done with the election of someone who has both the trust of the nation and the knowledge of how it should work. Does anyone really want to try it again with untried cantidates? James Smith, Mold, Wales

It’s got to be David Cameron. Young, fresh, charismatic with new ideas and a new language of idealism and moderation, he is the only contender who will be able to convince the public that the party as not only changed but that it as the policies and the ability to change everyones lives for the better. Jack Stone, Southend on Sea, Essex

We have seen that the general public like a young prime minister, and they like them to be centre-right; this is what we have with Tony Blair. In this vein, the one person to capture the hearts and minds of the general public is David Cameron. He is the man to lead the Tories to power. However David Davis would be the best leader. This is the problem. Pratik Parekh, Clayhall, Essex

Who cares who the next Tory leader is? It doesn't really matter. There is no difference between a Tory policy and a Tony policy. We need more choice in parliament before we even concern ourselves with such minor details. Why don’t we have a crack at making as many lives in Africa as happy as possible with all this greedy wealth we have. And on the way, why dont we tear that madman Bush away from his game of Risk. Dan Mussett, Saltburn-by-the-sea

Oh please please stop the absurd debate. It is glaringly obvious that both Kenneth Clarke and David Davis are long-time leadership election losers. They have repeatedly proved it. Davis even lost to Ian Duncan Smith. There is no comparison. Cameron is like a breath of fresh air. Time for a real change. Lizzie Woolfenden, Bideford

I vote Conservative, but it is 20 years before they'll be back. There are another four years of Blair, four years of Brown, and by then with one million more Labour-voting immigrants and one million fewer Conservative voters (as they’ll be in living in Spain and Florida) there may never be a Tory goverment again. And Britain deserves that for turning its back of Thatcherism. Charles Simon, Miami, Florida

Walter Wolfgang is exactly the right man to put the Conservative party right. Not only does he recognise phonies when he meets them, he' also brave enough to confront them; and win. Steve Ward, Hastings

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown will get the Tories halfway there over the next two years, with Iraq getting messier, economic growth stalled and national debt mushrooming. But the Tories have to decide who the right person is to capitalise, then take a risk and leave them alone to get on with the job. For me, it's David Davis this time if he makes the most of his socialist-turned-realist roots and shies away from any foreign policy minefields to concentrate on the issue of making key public services work at less cost than Labour. He also has a sort of tough charisma compared to the girlier Blair. The only thing he needs is a self-promoting wife. Jonathan Jones, London

Davis and Cameron failed to impress. We have seen and heard it all before with Major, Hague, IDS and Howard. Four more leaders ... four more years of Blair, four more years of the Tories' search for an electable leader. Sacha Hill, London

I understand David Cameron has a disabled child and feels strongly about the rights of the disabled. This in itself would be enough to make me vote for him, as I am still very bitter about the Scottish Unison nursery nurse strike of 2003-4 which led to my severely disabled 14-year-old son's special school being closed for 43 days. I wrote to Tony Blair, among many others, appealing to him to help. He didn't even bother replying. The measure of a man is how he treats the least powerful in society. That doesn't mean kowtowing to unions. Name and address withheld

Mr Cameron said at Blackpool: "Let's dream a new generation of Conservative dreams." I could not explain more succinctly than that why I shall vote for Mr Davis. Lawrence Freeborn, London

The sad thing is, neither of these two men will be able to wrestle the leadership of this country away from Labour. David Davis will lead the Conservatives with a safe pair of hands, gradually consolidating a position where they can at least mount a credible challenge in the next election - or maybe the one after that. He may still be leading the Party or a more appealing candidate may have emerged and taken over. David Cameron, on the other hand, is a lightweight. He may appear more attractive to fellow MPs and the Conservatives at large - given his background in the "spin" philosophies of the media world, this is not surprising. Eventually, there will be lots of bright, new policies topped off by a thick layer of cream and maybe a cherry on top in an attempt to recover the position New Labour stole from them, but unless the electorate are so fed up with Labour, this superficial attempt to establish the soulless Opposition as a credible government will not succeed. As an ex-Conservative voter, I am sorry to admit that the Conservatives still have a long time to serve in the wilderness. Keith Downer, London

Maybe people should remember that the Conservatives were in for 16 years with a remarkably similar population demographic to now. Why? Because they were seen to offer something (mainly leaving more money in your pocket) after Labour had reached the country's overdraft limit. Why can't they do it again under Cameron? Anyone saying "what we don't want is another posh bloke" or "Tories only after four years of Brown" is mentally back in the 1970s. Even the Labour machine is now seriously considering limiting damage to their broad appeal by going straight to Miliband - an even posher bloke. Jonathan Jones, London

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