It would be, if the likely successors weren't going to be more of the same, or perhaps even worse.

He had a pivotal role throughout the 1970s and, until 1984, many saw him as the likely successor to his elder brother.

It is just a question of whether Michael Clarke, his likely successor, wants him around the team.

She is sometimes described as the most likely successor to her father.

It is not obvious that any of his likely successors would have done as well.

He was seen by many as Hughes's likely successor.

The opposition has yet to produce a likely successor to either of them.

But when pressed for a better name, no one quite had a likely successor on the tip of his tongue.

Moreover, the likely successor to the present regime in Beijing is not a democracy but a military government.

Robert Haft had until then been regarded as the likely successor to his father, who was chairman.