On both sides of the pond, politics has surely never been more febrile and volatile. In the US, the Palin bounce has given way to the McCain stumble. In the UK, ‘Brown is a dead man walking’ has given way to a ‘Brown post-conference bounce’ and the Tory lead looking fragile. Within a few days, all that can change again; and then again. Indeed, I am currently in Birmingham for the Tories’ conference where the optimism and enthusiasm are palpable. This volatility is due to a combination of the unprecedented events through which we are living and the inadequacy of the political class that is expected to respond to them but hasn't got a clue how to do so. The public’s recognition years ago of the latter has resulted in its profound mood of ‘a plague on all your...
Monday, 29th September 2008
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Monday, 29 September 2008
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