Election Year or Fear!

[Geoff Parkstone]

But is being in touch with ordinary people what those people want. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I'd sooner have a politician I can look up to (an they have been in short supply for a long time). Both intellectually and experientially

[ramAnag]

But is being in touch with ordinary people what those people want. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I'd sooner have a politician I can look up to (an they have been in short supply for a long time). Both intellectually and experientially

Ashton is a place I know well, played rugby for them for two seasons, and I suspect Ms. Rayner is in touch with the local electorate - so ticking the ‘experiential’ box - and making it no coincidence that she got many more votes than Reform UK and the Tories put together at the recent election.

I understand your desire to look up to a politician ‘both intellectually and experientially’ (one might add ethically too) but the best current example of that for me is Keir Starmer and certainly doesn’t include any of the current Tory leadership candidates.

[Andy_Faber]

[QUOTE=ramAnag;40563247] she got many more votes than Reform UK and the Tories put together at the recent election.
I understand your desire to look up to a politician ‘both intellectually and experientially’ QUOTE]

I'm actually (I know you're going to think I'm taking the P*** but I'm not') of the 'give her a chance' faction in respect of her current role, it will be interesting to see how often she's wheeled out in front of other national leaders etc - in theory her perceived 'roughness round the edges' shouldn't translate across national boundaries IF she knows what she's talking about. Good luck to her (genuinely) on that score.

She is, however, already getting on my ***s parrotting out the same old **** £22bn/Truss/Tories Crashed The Economy/Black Hole blah blah, that will start working against HMG if persisted with and she sounds like she's reading it off a cue card

There, a bit of balance