
Monday, January 07, 2008
Age is the Thing

Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
The retreat of liberalism goes on
As communism seemingly disappeared from view at the end of the 1980s, in a sudden and unexpected blow-out, there was plenty of triumphal...

-
As communism seemingly disappeared from view at the end of the 1980s, in a sudden and unexpected blow-out, there was plenty of triumphal...
-
David Davis announced his little coup de grace on Thursday, and by Sunday the press were performing an almost complete U-turn. The media rea...
-
Theft is at an all time high under the Labour Party, according to distressed citizen, D. Cameron. Apparently, Mr. Cameron was wandering inn...
3 comments:
65 was a bit young, thats why we got rid of him after the war and brought him back when he'd actually got some experience under his belt at 76.
I see Michael Crick at the BBC clearly reads your blog, Giles. And you deemed him worthy of a comment. Bravo.
Thr trouble is that the older your leader is, you need an older demographic to associate with them. Weirdly, the trend in the UK is the reverse. Whilst we have an ageing population (who, you would think, would quite like Ming and any other slipper-wearing leader) we continue to elect those in the first flushes of youth.
The fact that Cameron resembles a Somerfield store manager doesn't seem to matter at the moment but come the next election, I think the electorate still want gravitas and experience in their leaders.
Whilst referencing Hitler in an argument always shows a real grasp of the issues it's probably worth highlighting the succession of leaders of the USSR after Stalin's demise were all creaking old men until Gorby. They didn't exactly have a record of a go-getting premiership did they?
Hmmmm. Thanks for the Hitler jibe - deserved I suppose. And I suspect Crick goes nowhere near this blog - I wrote this after seeing his piece first!
Post a Comment