Tag Archive for 'leadership'

Election talk: fluff

Talk of a General Election in March is just fluff, unless we as a nation can decide what MPs are really for.

Restoring trust – how?

IPSOS Mori’s poll on trust in politics at the end of May should surprise no-one. 3/4 said that Britain’s system of government needed improvement — the most negative view since Mori started asking the question in 1995. At 20%, less than half the number of people believe that the Westminster parliament is doing its job, [...]

“Cameron pledges shake-up of power” – BBC
David Cameron has been wrong-footed for once by Labour. In responding to Alan Johnson’s Lib-Dem inspired call for proportional representation, he has gone strong on ‘radical change’. Except that his changes are not radical at all.
Cameron, writing in tomorrow’s Guardian, and, if he hasn’t thought better of it by [...]