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Flamboyant Big Brother evictee Derek Laud - dubbed "the most popular Tory in a decade" by the show's presenter Davina McCall - has been quick to scotch rumours he has designs on the other big popularity contest of the summer. Asked if he has what it takes to be Tory leader, Mr Laud replied: "I don't have ambitions that modest." But that has not stopped Mr Laud, a former speech writer for Baroness Thatcher, offering a few words of wisdom to potential leadership contender David Willetts. "Derek helped out during the general election campaign and asked if we could meet for a chat,'' Mr Willetts told The Sunday Telegraph. "He has been cut off from the world for 10 weeks and so was keen to find out what's been going on in the Tory party, while I wanted to know what's really been going on in the Big Brother household. I won't tell you who had the more spicy tales.''
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