Thing is
Ed is so utterly useless that anything north of minus infinity counts as a win in most peoples eyes.
This is why Caneron has refused the head to head, of course: Ed can only do par or over perform while he can only do par or under perform.
I actually despair of our politics at the moment. Brown was the most hated, the most beatable Prime Minister I can ever remember. Yet Caneron didn't actually, properly, beat him (which is why much of his party doesn't trust him).
ed millipede is the most ridiculous party leader I can remember. Major was replete with charisma compared to him.
Yet Caneron is only neck and neck with him.
So we have a guy who couldn't beat the most unlectable PM we've ever had, against a guy who looks like he shouldn't be trusted with scissors.
Of course the real narrative of this election is the Great Disenfranchised thing (break left, vote Green; break right, vote UKIP; never mind that neither is remotely on Planet Earth).
I know I'm terribly old, but I do find myself yearning for the days of competing views of the world: philosophies which dictated policies, some of which were a bit mad (on both sides) but at least there was some kind of intellectual coherence.
I have no doubt that, once I'm dead, my kids will have similar views but with the current period as the Point Of Reference Not-Quite-Golden Age
Posted By: Old Man on March 26th 2015 at 23:29:14
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- Thing is (General Chat) - Old Man, Mar 26, 23:29:14
- *cameron* (General Chat) - Old Man, Mar 27, 00:59:46
- I like Miliband - he is substance over style (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Mar 27, 00:55:44
- Well, I tend to agree (General Chat) - Old Man, Mar 27, 01:08:43
- Re Ed, though (General Chat) - Old Man, Mar 27, 01:13:30
- Well, I tend to agree (General Chat) - Old Man, Mar 27, 01:08:43
- Sad state of affairs. You know pretty much all of them are in it for ' what they can get ' (General Chat) - Men without hats, Mar 27, 00:36:01
- Rather . (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Mar 27, 00:36:27
- Ballot papers show options to elect a local MP/Party... not who should be PM... (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Mar 26, 23:38:59
- I agree too (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 26, 23:38:28
- But that's all most of care about (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Mar 26, 23:41:37
- Career politicians rather than conviction politicians (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 26, 23:45:56
- Thing is I'm so shallow I quite like Ed Balls just because he supports Norwich (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 26, 23:50:46
- yep, all politicians should be convicted (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 26, 23:49:27
- Yep, totally (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Mar 26, 23:48:23
- Getting elected and being primeminister... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Mar 26, 23:42:32
- Career politicians rather than conviction politicians (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 26, 23:45:56
- But that's all most of care about (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Mar 26, 23:41:37
- IDS? (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Mar 26, 23:36:36
- IDS sounds like something for the clap clinic to deal with.., (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Mar 26, 23:50:59
- I agree. Kinnock never got elected but p**sed all over this lot (General Chat) - Jim, Mar 26, 23:32:09
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