Posts Tagged ‘leadership’
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 [...]
One rule for us, another for you
PM imposes 1.5% senior staff rise Senior civil servants, top NHS managers and judges will get a pay rise of 1.5% next year - lower than was recommended - Gordon Brown has announced, according to the BBC. This comes just a day after MPs are awarded a 2.33% salary increase. Gordon Brown's rationale: Senior public sector staff should "show [...]
Give it a rest, Mr Cameron
BBC NEWS | Politics | Cameron Olympic dithering claim It's one of the days of the week which ends in 'day', so, sure as sure, David Cameron is sniping at Gordon Brown again. This time it's for dithering over the Olympics. Of course, when Mr Cameron himself was dithering over expelling Derek Conway MP for paying his son public money, it wasn't [...]
