So who's had a good week? Are their fortunes on the up or on the wane? My Conventional Wisdom Index seeks to track the fortunes of the major players in British politics. Next installment next Saturday...
Tony Blair ↓
Loans for lordships. Foreign tour largely ignored. Constant speculation about handover
David Cameron ↓
Poor YouGov poll, beset by loan issue - plus point was speech on housing
Ming Campbell ↓
Ming who? Another anonymous week.
Gordon Brown ↑
Sat serenely watching events. Needed to do no more
Labour Party ↔
Managed somehow to switch loans spotlight to the Tories. Prescott narrowly beat Hague but more MPs call on Blair to quit
Conservative Party ↓
Dogged by loans questions meant that policy announcements were largely ignored.
Liberal Democrats ↔
Totally anonymous but scored a couple of council by-election gains
George W Bush ↔
Stayed out of the international news, but Iraq situation gets worse
The Reputation of Politics ↓
Again, enough said
4 comments:
"The Reputation of Politics ↓
Again, enough said"
Indeed, this was my first thought when Labour reacted to the lasted corruption scandal by trying to drag the Tories into it.
The only outcome I see of this (aside from Cameron not smiling quite so brightly and Blair leaving being hastened) is yet more cynicism toward [party] politics and voter turnout dropping. Again.
Yep, pretty much agree with that.
Do you think The Reputation of Politics will ever have a good week?
Lib Dem... the reputation of politics will soar when we win the next election and introduce the Civil Service reforms that Ken Clarke is working on.
Besides, the Lib Dems have contributed enormously to the state of peoples perception of politics. They are scurriless local campaigners, though it has to be said most LD voters are oblivious to this as they genuinely believe that they are honest and trustworthy.
For some strange reason.
I fear you're going to need a bigger arrow for the Reputation of Politics. Much bigger.
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