Wednesday, October 29, 2003
What's the Story? Mourning Tory.
Well, in news that came as no surprise whatsover, Iain Duncan-Smith lost the vote of confidence and is no longer leader of the Conservative party. This is a good thing and we're not, despite our headline, mourning him (we just really liked the pun, thugh it would have been better if this news had happened in March, as then we could have had The IDS of March as our headline. Never mind). While we're not the worlds biggest fans of Labour (we're Socialists), our level of desire for a Conservative government is roughly equal to our desire to be eaten alive by a spider the size of a cat. However, for politics to suceed, we need to have an effective opposition and have a leader of said opposition that could be credible as a Prime Minister. IDS is about as credible a leader as the one out of Hanson that looked like a girl. They need a leader who can actually interest the public, a leader who can make people feel there is an alternative, a leader with charisma... Hell, even a leader with hair would be a good start. It's the only way that Blair might begin to realise that he can't just do what he likes and to hell with the consequences. Elections do need to actually mean something, you know...
