111.   The winner, to be announced this week, will lead the party in mid-term elections for county officials.

112.   Thierse appealed to Social Democrats to unite behind Schroeder, who was nominated to lead the party after Lafontaine also stepped down as its chairman on Thursday.

113.   Those who knew him predicted Hague would rebound, but in the end it appeared that too many felt he had led the party astray.

114.   While he praised Dzhorbenadze as a worthy person to lead the party into the next elections, Shevardnadze also did not rule out that further candidates would be nominated.

115.   Yet lock forward Johnson, who has recently taken over from Dean Richards as captain of their club, Leicester, will lead the party.

116.   For the moment, the main task facing the RUFP is to find someone to lead the party in the May elections.

117.   He led the party to victory but is still not an official member.

118.   He said he wanted to lead the party into the expected general election and to bid for the post of prime minister if the PS won the poll.

119.   His victory Friday will dismay the more liberal sections of the Unionists, who regard him as too inexperienced to lead the party.

120.   If I win, I shall continue as prime minister and lead the party into and through the next general election.