The Gove-Davidson axis is a Tory dream ticket. But does it have legs? | Matthew d’Ancona

A scheme may be afoot to get the Scottish Tory leader into Westminster. But show me a leadership pact that has ever been a successIt is close to an iron rule of politics that leadership pacts and succession plans never succeed. Anthony Eden grew so frustrated waiting for Churchill to make way that his health suffered grievously. The briefly fashionable idea that Michael Heseltine would replace John Major, paving the way for Michael Portillo to take over, never came to pass. And as for the suppos