Britain has ushered in a new, young and relevant opposition leader.This is the land that is obsessed with no white hair leaders. Age politics matters the most in Britain. If you look old like Ming Campbell, your critics confine you to a wheelchair, brushing away all your ideas and labeling you UNFIT for public duty. At least, that was what happened to Ming.Britain, an ancient nation state, needs young blood to run it. This is probably because the HM, herself is old, therefore, the people are always looking for the fresh, below 50 politicians to lead the country. In the newly released YouGov poll last night, Tory has for the first time since 1992 hit the 40 point mark, the crucial support threshold and precisely it has gone pass that mark by 1. This is a massive jump by at least 15 points since the summer- the last and only time Gordon Brown actually enjoyed a good political period this year. The Cameron effect is actually starting to materialize. This was a leader, who inherited a party which have lost three general elections in a row, re-packaged it and now is selling the product well. Party politics in Britain to say the least, is politics of "emulate the winning side" politics. It is not so much based on ideology, whether you are right or left winged. New Labour shifted far right to the middle, and Cameron Tory have shifted arguably far left to the mid point between centre and mid-left. Now,the conservatives have become more left than Labour itself. But, that is the winning formula. Blair-Brown knew this in 1994. Cameron, being a very bright PPE oxon, followed this path, and now he finds himself sitting very comfortably at the poll. Cancelling an autumn elections might not be the wisest move by Brown, he hasn't made any wise move to date, but it will certainly buy him more time. After the Blackpool conference, Labour knew it would suffer had an elections be called then. Many of his ministerial colleagues would not have survived the acid test. Alaistair Darling might have lost in his constituency, now as the opposition is campaigning hard for his seat. On the other hand,Cameron's approval rating is improving by the minute, by the day, alongside his shadow cabinet members.
The shadow chancellor is looking strong after his inheritance tax speech at the conference and William Hague looks better now as Cameron's follower.Brown will hope that God will save Labour now. Although the You Gov poll had still put Labour as winner if an election is held now but this is just because the electoral system does not favour the Conservatives, that's all. Popularity wise, Brown and Labour might just switch sides with Tories in the commons. Now, since the elections have been roughly schedhuled for 2009, Brown must repair the damage. He must be saved by the LibDem. A new, young and relevant Lib Dem leader needs to appear to win back the supporters whom have fled to Tories. Lib Dem is falling at a pace more rapid than throwing a tennis ball up in the air. With 14 percent showing on the YouGov poll, Britons must be wondering, why do we need a third party anyway? It will just be a vote splitter and never will make an impact. The underlying principle is, it provides choice and that is the basis of democracy. This democratic fundamental is the one badly needed by the premier at this juncture of his career. Brown needs LibDem more than ever in the next eighteen months. He needs a new partner in battling the conservative currents which is gaining momentum. If Brown is able to work things out with the new leader of Lib Dem than he could take a deep breath of relief. From that point, he could chart his elections campaign and retain Labour on the government side of the Commons. It might as well take a natural catastrophe to hit Britain which then would allow Brown to
form a government. If that does not appear, Brown has to work much harder to stay in Number 10.
Friday, 26 October 2007
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