//Should there be a GE, Labour must elect a new leader .//
//I agree, Anne, but who? There is literally nobody.//
Exactly the same can be said of the Conservatives. The current bunch of senior politicians (of all parties) are the most uninspiring of my lifetime. In most Parliaments, there is usually a handful of politicians who take the electorate’s interest. You may not agree with them or their policies, but at least they have a bit of fire, a dash of flair, and some ideas.
This lot have nothing: no ideas, no leadership, no charisma, nothing. The current Prime Minister would be better suited as a carpet salesman; his shiny suits with drainpipe trousers will stand him in good stead as he tries to sell his latest customer the finest quality underlay with the 20 sq. yards of finest Taiwanese Axminster he has managed to con them into buying. The leader of His Majesty’s Opposition should have remained as some sort of jobbing lawyer, tearfully pleading with Their Worships in the local Magistrates’ Court to give his client – some illiterate scruffy scrote - just one more chance to mend his ways:
"He had such a difficult childhood, Your Worships." he would say about his 23 year old unemployed client - before the Bench for the 28th time in five years. "He simply never stood a chance"
These, of course, are the best the country’s political system can come up with – the crème de la crème, the bees’ knees, the top dogs. Are any of them capable of leading the United Kingdom to a better future, to health, wealth and prosperity? In a word – no.