1.   And Bryan Gould could well survive despite his unsuccessful leadership challenge and Decision to quit the shadow cabinet.

2.   That was the biggest leadership challenge of all, just as it had been at Chrysler.

3.   Therefore, the leadership challenge is to have no weak links.

4.   Within the Conservative Party the Gulf crisis lent weight to the argument that a leadership challenge would be inappropriate.

5.   The Prime Minister narrowly avoided a leadership challenge last year.

6.   Some Tories even forecast that Mr Major would quit voluntarily rather than face the humiliation of a Tory leadership challenge.

7.   But furious rank and file Republicans burned up the phone lines to each other, discussing whether to mount leadership challenges in both chambers in the next few weeks.

8.   Chretien may or may not face a leadership challenge at the convention, but if he were to win party support he could serve another four years in office.