February 22, 201312 yr His political skills are pretty good. He has a habit of pulling it out of the box when he needs to, much as I dislike him for it.
February 22, 201312 yr His political skills are pretty good. He has a habit of pulling it out of the box when he needs to, much as I dislike him for it. He's all style and no substance. I don't think that anyone respects him apart from people who are politically motivated or certain sections of Conservative supporters. Edited February 22, 201312 yr by Good Grief
February 22, 201312 yr Say what you will, but he managed to engineer a scenario whereby he didn't win the last election but is still managing through the Tory wet dream of reducing state spending by a third. That takes some serious political skill.
February 22, 201312 yr Well, you can't deny that his political image is not up to scratch at all. He's not even convinced with himself and a lot of other prime ministers have had belief in what they are saying. Maybe his image was good at the start, but when it came to it, he couldn't deliver on his hype. The Tories won't get into power next time, unless they elect a new effective leader (Adam Afriyie is a good example) for the next election.
February 22, 201312 yr Say what you will, but he managed to engineer a scenario whereby he didn't win the last election but is still managing through the Tory wet dream of reducing state spending by a third. That takes some serious political skill. That's not him though, he was just Andy Coulson's puppet (now Craig Oliver)
February 22, 201312 yr LOL. I think it says it all that you think Adam Afriyie would be an effective leader given he can't even organise a rebellion of three people without it all leaking out! Cameron is, possibly only Boris aside, the best leader the Conservatives could have at the moment - he polls ahead of his party by a pretty considerable distance. And it's not exactly a given that the Tories won't get into power next time. Edited February 22, 201312 yr by Kanduälska
February 22, 201312 yr Sorry for not being clued up on the key issues and saying something from the perspective of a normal person, that's a good way to patronize people... Edited February 22, 201312 yr by Good Grief
February 22, 201312 yr I don't think you're really coming at it from the perspective of a normal person.
February 22, 201312 yr I am a normal person who isn't politically motivated. Also, who are you to tell me if I'm not looking at the perspective of a normal person when I am a normal person?
February 22, 201312 yr You don't have rent, bills, and a shopping basket to pay for every week/month, you don't pay tax, and you don't hold down a job. Your stake in judging a government, its intentions and its effectiveness is very much different to that of a normal person. As is mine, but I price that into my assessments. Edited February 22, 201312 yr by Kanduälska
February 22, 201312 yr You don't have rent, bills, and a shopping basket to pay for every week/month, you don't pay tax, and you don't hold down a job. Your stake in judging a government, its intentions and its effectiveness is very much different to that of a normal person. As is mine, but I price that into my assessments. Well, that's fair enough. But am I not allowed to discuss these issues with others just because I'm not living like a normal person?
February 22, 201312 yr I didn't say you weren't allowed to discuss these issues, but don't be under the illusion that you're discussing them from the point of view of a normal person.
February 22, 201312 yr I read about that as well! :lol: Seriously though, why can't David Cameron and his party ever tell the truth... He seems to have decided that, as so many people assume politicians never tell the truth, he might as well meet their expectations. People should have got the hint in the election cam,paign when he claimed to have met a 40-year-old black man who had spent 30 years in the British armed forces.
February 23, 201312 yr Would love both the Tories and Lib Dumbs to have a bloody nose in this by-election. Thankfully the Tories will suffer. Prediction: 1 Orange Tories 2/3/4 anything between UKIP, Labour and the Tories 5/6 Health Action/TUSC To be honest, the coalition is dying. Both parties are losing their key supporters base - the Tories are alienating themselves from the electorate even more with the bedroom tax and now the AAA rating being downgraded. Ed Millband has found his feet, and is showing that he is a strong leader and the next PM. Although Labour are not perfect and have some liablities in the party e.g Liam Byrne - they're the safest and best option to lead this country out of the mess we are in. Edited February 23, 201312 yr by StAndrews1875
February 24, 201312 yr Oh GOD, you're not a TUSC fan are you? (Actually: ignore me, the Liam Byrne jibe probably answers that one.)
February 28, 201312 yr Author Election today, from the looks of it, the voter turn-out will be much higher than usual by-elections. At least it's more exciting than the Mid-Ulster by-election, in which 2 of the 4 candidates refused to take part in a debate, and where a new unionist party was formulated.
March 1, 201312 yr Lib Dems are expressing "cautious optimism". That would normally mean they are confident of victory.
March 1, 201312 yr Labour sources are now also suggesting that the Lib Dems have won with UKIP second and Labour a poor fourth. The Lib Dems will call this a triumph against the odds and proof that the party can still hold most of their seats at the next election. Ukip will also call it a triumph. Tories and Labour will say that Eastleigh is an exceptional case as the Lib Dems hold all the council seats in the constituency - ignoring the embarrassing reasons for the byelection in the first place. As ever, the truth will be somewhere in between.
March 1, 201312 yr Author So the Torries in 4th then? Ouch, especially given that they seemed the joint frontrunner from the start.
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