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" PACIFIC RIM" - great fun. Gojira meets Neon Genesis Evangelion
Saga of a woman old enough to know better who lets her life be governed by the ridiculous hobby of breeding and showing dogs, musing on life, the twenty first century, Cameron and his mini-me, and the occasional sheep.
"IN DOG YEARS, I`M DEAD"
Friday, January 06, 2006
CHARLIE AND THE WATER OF LIFE
Charles Kennedy`s problem is alcohol. Well, personally that is, not politically. Politics is full of alcoholics.
His real problem is that he is unelectable. There is no way that he could ever lead the country. It wouldn`t happen. Like many before him - and the example that springs to mind from the past and from another part of the political spectrum is Kinnock - he carries above his head a big neon sign saying "Not PM material". (Unlike Kinnock he doesn`t carry another smaller one saying "and Welsh anyway".)
Kinnock actually was influential within his party. He purged Militant, and laid the foundation for the party machine that pushed Blair to power.
And there the comparison fails. Charlie....well, I can`t actually think of anything he has achieved, beyond a genial bonhomie and an ability to fudge issues. He certainly hasn`t transformed his party and made it into a lean mean fighting machine.
To be fair it`s going to take a lot to do that. The Lib Dems have had their share of charismatic and even revered leaders, such as Jo Grimond, and the nation as a whole has always responded with respect for the man but contempt for the party.
And that`s way too high a hurdle for Charlie.
His real problem is that he is unelectable. There is no way that he could ever lead the country. It wouldn`t happen. Like many before him - and the example that springs to mind from the past and from another part of the political spectrum is Kinnock - he carries above his head a big neon sign saying "Not PM material". (Unlike Kinnock he doesn`t carry another smaller one saying "and Welsh anyway".)
Kinnock actually was influential within his party. He purged Militant, and laid the foundation for the party machine that pushed Blair to power.
And there the comparison fails. Charlie....well, I can`t actually think of anything he has achieved, beyond a genial bonhomie and an ability to fudge issues. He certainly hasn`t transformed his party and made it into a lean mean fighting machine.
To be fair it`s going to take a lot to do that. The Lib Dems have had their share of charismatic and even revered leaders, such as Jo Grimond, and the nation as a whole has always responded with respect for the man but contempt for the party.
And that`s way too high a hurdle for Charlie.
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