Conservative Party leader William Hague (front) literally took the plunge in Cornwall today (Monday), on the water slide at Flambards theme park near Helston on the Lizard, accompanied by deputy chief of staff Seb Coe (middle) and newly appointed Cornwall party spokesman David Harris, at the start of his meet the people tour of Britain. See PA Story POLITICS Hague. Photo by David Brenchley.

Conservative Party leader William Hague (front) literally took the plunge in Cornwall today (Monday), on the water slide at Flambards theme park near Helston on the Lizard, accompanied by deputy chief of staff Seb Coe (middle) and newly appointed Cornwall party spokesman David Harris, at the start of his meet the people tour of Britain. See PA Story POLITICS Hague. Photo by David Brenchley.