(no subject)

[mrph]

Don't talk to me about politics for a day or two, ok?

Idiots. The fact that not a single one of the MPs calling for Charles Kennedy's head was willing to stand against him says it all. They wanted him gone - a number of them said they wouldn't continue to serve with Kennedy as leader - but somehow when he actually called a leadership contest none of them wanted to know. Not until he'd also been pushed into saying that he wouldn't take part in it himself.

Not impressed. I suspect whoever gets elected isn't going to last long. And then we're back to the two-party Punch and Judy show for another five years or more.

Comments

[deeply-spurious.livejournal.com]

I disagree actually. I do think that one or two of them behaved badly, but you have to remember that they all had been covering for him for some considerable time on the understanding that the problem was going to be sorted out... They had also all spoken to him privately well before the public stuff... Much though I like him, I'm afraid it was Kennedy himself who left his colleagues with little choice. He should have resigned several months ago but unfortunately either lost his sense of political judgement or alternatively put his own interests before his party's.

Ultimately he ended up looking rather daft because he insisted on carrying on when it was blatantly obvious that he did not enjoy the confidence of many of his senior colleagues. To me, this emphasised more than anything that his judgement was all over the place. Had he gone earlier, much infighting and bad publicity would have been avoided.