Clarence here, trying to find something interesting to say about the least interesting group of people in the UK. Trump would offer much more in the way of material, and complete disbelief. However, I work with what I’ve got.
The Liberal Leader continues his arduous campaigning at yet another theme park, and fell off yet another thing yesterday. Did he really have to wear a wetsuit? It wasn’t a good look and may have killed the LibDems vote, assuming those voters haven’t taken to drink due to the worry about their very real life problems.
Sunak continues to be sunny and optimistic. He reminds me of the Captain of the Titanic, hoping it was really just a small block of ice and that tearing noise didn’t mean anything. I’m sure Sunak will get in touch with reality at some point, but it doesn’t appear that it will be this side of the election. How on earth did we ever get a Prime Minister who still has an ounce of optimism? I probably admire him at some level, it’s a huge achievement. Especially as his biggest problem is his own party.
Starmer continues to…erm… What is he doing? He’s probably our next PM and I’d love to love him, to be fired with enthusiasm, to be thrilled by…well…anything. He’s a good solid man with all the passion of a blancmange (sort of custard). Sweet, pleasant, but needs more to make him interesting. A personality comes to mind. Just one speech that stopped me reading my book (how to survive a UK election campaign sane) or made me take notice, would be lovely.
I probably sound very unkind and I don’t mean to be, but if anyone has gone ‘wow that was powerful’ when listening to any of the candidates, please let me know and I’ll watch again to see what I missed.
As to the Farage, in today’s YouGov poll 15% of responders thought Brexit benefits have outweighed the negative, 52% think the opposite, 11% think they balanced out, and 21% are still baffled. I think people are going to continue to throw things at him.
What a mess! If the rest of the world wasn’t in the same state I would despair. Instead I despair because we’re all in the wrong boat at the moment.
One thing I would love them all to understand is that a policy is not a solution. Don’t tell us what needs doing, we know that, don’t tell us what the problems are, we’re living them. Tell us what you will do and most importantly tell us how. It’s no good throwing around billions in words when the public know they’re not backed up by actual money.
Sigh. Hollywood scriptwriters would call this too ridiculous a story to turn into a film.
Your frustrated friendly political reporter
Clarence (got any good book recommendations?) Postlethwaite
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