Er, strategising for the Tories.
July 30th, 2008 at 01:33
It never rains, it pours – quite literally in the case of Gordon Brown. He’s taking his first holiday since he became PM, and the Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for the east of England, where he’s holidaying in Southwold.
Poor Gordon, you wait ten years to get your job, and then you’re rubbish at it. Then Barack Obama, probably the most popular politician this side of North Korea (Kim Jong Il’s opinion poll rating of 100% is admittedly fairly impressive), who’s reflective glory you could bask in, comes to Britain, but he’s not really here to see you at all, is he? He wanted to get a photo with your more popular predecessor and arch-nemesis.
Oh, and you got obliterated in another by-election, where if the 22% swing was reflected nationally (fairly unlikely), even you yourself would almost literally have the seat pulled out from under you, losing your seat in Parliament.
And then you’ve got even newspaper columnist writers with centre-left sympathises, who would theoretically gravitate towards your party, slagging you off in newspapers. Those columnists really do have a nerve.
You might think Brown has the most difficult job in the world – he’s not only got to run the country, but he’s also got to figure out why everyone hates him and sort it out pretty quickly, otherwise he’ll lose this job. However, I don’t think this is the most difficult job in the world. I think that job belongs to David Cameron.
I’d hate to be David Cameron. Not just because that would mean that I’m a member of the Conservative Party (the very thought sends a cold shiver down my spine), but because doing his job is incredibly difficult. Cameron may be pretty smug when looking at the government’s woe at the moment – I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone look so happy at coming third in an election after he gave a speech following the Glasgow East debacle, but he needs to be careful not to go too far.
At the moment, Cameron is essentially playing the game Buckaroo- Brown is a horse he must try his best not to irritate too much, and he is an eight year old child. He’s got to place little plastic shovels and cowboy hats on to Gordon Brown’s spring-loaded back, without making Brown jolt suddenly and run away from his job. For all Cameron may say about the PM and how rubbish he reckons he is – getting rid of Gordon would be bad for the Tories because the next Labour leader might be someone people actually like, which would present more of a challenge to them.
This is a fairly interesting irony really. Whilst it could be possible to moan that this quirk merely serves to illustrate the symbiotic relationship between the political classes and potentially erodes the ability of the opposition to hold the government fully to account over issues of national importance… I just think it’s funny that (at risk of giving advice to the Tories), the best strategy for them is to help Gordon Brown stay in office.
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