Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
Cameron promises every kind of change except actual change…
"Cameron pledges shake-up of power" - BBC David Cameron has been wrong-footed for once by Labour. In responding to Alan Johnson's Lib-Dem inspired call for proportional representation, he has gone strong on 'radical change'. Except that his changes are not radical at all. Cameron, writing in tomorrow's Guardian, and, if he hasn't thought [...]
After 12 years in office, a senior Labour figure notices that the electoral system doesn’t really work…
Johnson urging electoral reform - BBC, Alan Johnson seizes initiative over Labour leadership - The Times. Here's an old joke (stop me if you've heard it). How many Liberal Democrats does it take to change a light bulb? Ten. One to change it, and nine to complain about the unfairness of the electrical system. Lib-Dems have been complaining [...]
Poor Gordon’s perfect storm — and heeding the lesson of history
Poor Gordon Brown. The truth about him is that he is personally a very upright individual. In a time when the honesty of almost every politician is being questioned, no mud has stuck to Gordon, nor is any likely to. But -- once the now almost inevitable leadership challenge has prematurely ended his premiership -- his legacy will have been the [...]
What should the qualities of an MP be?
Public anger is now so great that it is likely that -- even if no-one resigns right now -- many MPs will choose not to stand again at the next election. Others who do choose to re-stand may discover that their popularity has faded faster than they could possibly have imagined. In which case, we will probably see the biggest turnover of MPs in [...]
