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Monday, 15 October 2007

Ming has gone...

...but after the weekend I have wondered what British politics has come to. I am happy and sad that he has gone, happy because we were not beating the press at their own game or fulfilling the enormous need for celebrity in everything we do. Sad because actually do we need celebrities to run our country or policies? Yes, we need to sell ourselves as a party - but it is our policies we need to sell not the people we choose to lead us. What does the public know about each parties' policies compared to the leaders' lives and celebrity status...