Comments on: Golden Brown http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/07/golden-brown/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:36:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ditdotdat http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/07/golden-brown/#comment-92 ditdotdat Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:22:00 +0000 http://www.ditdotdat.org/wordpress/2006/07/06/golden-brown/#comment-92 You're right, XM, but I don't think people are going to vote for the Labour party as it is at the moment. So it needs a bit of a face-lift and I think Mr Brown is too close to the existing regime to do that. You’re right, XM, but I don’t think people are going to vote for the Labour party as it is at the moment. So it needs a bit of a face-lift and I think Mr Brown is too close to the existing regime to do that.

]]> By: exmonkey http://www.ditdotdat.org/bigcity/2006/07/golden-brown/#comment-91 exmonkey Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:43:00 +0000 http://www.ditdotdat.org/wordpress/2006/07/06/golden-brown/#comment-91 Do you not think that our desire for 'charismatic' leadership is one of the reasons we've ended up with Labour Lite in the first place? I am almost nostalgic for a time when political leaders were grumpy old men who didn't have to worry about how they came across on Richard & Judy and were just good at running the government. Maybe it will be refreshing to have someone who is principled first and media friendly second, rather than the opposite we have now. Do you not think that our desire for ‘charismatic’ leadership is one of the reasons we’ve ended up with Labour Lite in the first place?

I am almost nostalgic for a time when political leaders were grumpy old men who didn’t have to worry about how they came across on Richard & Judy and were just good at running the government.

Maybe it will be refreshing to have someone who is principled first and media friendly second, rather than the opposite we have now.

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