Say Gordon Brown went. Where would we go from there? While the Labour rebels will have won, I’m sure they’d be the first ones to admit that the list of potential candidates is far from tempting. David Miliband? Ed Balls?It doesn’t seem likely. Perhaps an old guard. Jack Straw? Too tainted. Claire Short. Not New Labour enough. Maybe, now is the time to break from the formula. Face it, New Labour is found out and dyeing. Gordon Brown has given it a layer of naked boringness that Tony Blair could hide with his charisma. The smoke screen is lifted and it’s a bit wrinkly and horrible behind it. What about turn politics on its head. Members should choose someone that no one has heard of – a good constituency MP that reflects the populous, with a forward looking out put. Someone that can win back the inner cities, and the core labour vote again.
I suggest Diane Abbott. She is a hardworking MP in a difficult borough. Unlike Jackie Smith, she is not one for scaremongering, she is Black, lively, and down to earth. I’ll admit it is a bit of a long hop. Maybe it is just my slight jealously at America about to elect their first Black president. “Britain’s more liberal!” I think to myself, feigning excitement that America will beat us to that milestone. Of course I want Obama to win. I’m just a little ‘liberal nationalistic’ about it. If we get the first Lesbian fundamentalist Muslim as our next Prime minister then we will win. In your face America! We’re more accepting. We even let foreigners manage our national teams. Now that's progress.
Unfortunately, our political system is nowhere near an election race that involves a Latino, a women and a black man (and a Mormon, a former preacher and John ‘will he really survive the four years?’ McCain). Instead we have the potential Victorian situation of have two Old Etonian’s run both London and the country. Just. Just don’t.
So, Diane Abbott. I think she is perfect. Come on, let the lefty Britons get some pride back. This curveball might just work. Okay, it won’t entice the masses back from the BNP. But, really. The reason Cameron is doing so well is that he has enticed those voters disaffected with the Labour Party, through basically being nice. And she’s nice! And women like nice! And, oh… the Party chooses John Reid? Oh well.
Good luck, Dave. Now where’s my Fag?
2 comments:
You don't smoke!
But yes, the Labour party needs -something- because Gordon Brown is unfortunately not it.
I agree that there are no viable alternatives to Brown, but I'm afraid what I find slightly annoying is how racist your views are. Yep, racist. It is completely racist to postively discriminate against 'victorian old etonians' in favour of 'black lefties' for no rational reason other than you'd like to win some imaginary competition against america for being 'more liberal'. Aside from the fact she'd be the first black woman prime minister WHY do you think she'd be the best alternative? It's sad you devote almost no time to stating your reasons (perhaps because you haven't got any?). Leadership of a world power isn't a game or contest and it's slightly contemptible you'd have it viewed as such.
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