Aye, he can speak well...but he's usually just full of hot air. I can't disagree with his speech after the victory though, well, I can't disagree with two parts of it:
"There are very large numbers of people completely disenchanted and alienated from the political process and from the mainstream political parties...There is no difference between the Tories, the Lib Dems and New Labour, or at least not a sufficient difference for anyone to notice or care."
And that Labour "must stop imagining that working people and poor people have no option but to support them if they hate the Tory and Liberal Democrat coalition partners."
As STEEDs sig says, the big three have utterly failed to put forward either a proper leader or a proper mission, they have all lost their sense of direction. Labour is in the wilderness after the early successes of New Labour came crashing down in the last election, the Lib Dems have sold themselves out for a chance at power and the Tories are just as disconnected with the people as they were thirty years ago.
I hope that Galloways victory is the wake-up call for Labour that it needs to be, but I doubt it.
The next big test is the London mayoral election I believe...personally I think Ken's going to get back in that one.
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