"New Politics"? Really?

18th May, 2010 by Webmaster

So far, out of it has come the new Prime Minister looking by the far the best. He has shifted his party towards the centre; he has shoved his old, rigid backbenchers somewhere out in the wilderness; and he has brought in the Lib Dems to the point where on the one hand he can spread the blame if we suffer a double dip recession while on the other if the coalition succeeds then he has a good chance of harvesting a lot of votes off Mr. Clegg.

So it’s likely that it’ll be this long drawn out, weighing-up exercise of who is getting the better of who that will ultimately tear the coalition apart. The optimism and hope that both parties seem to genuinely share is soon going to waver as the horrendous cuts that are coming to public services begin to bite.

Even in Scotland, where many consider the coalition government to have been a success, as time has gone on a gradual retrenchment into tribal warfare has occurred. It is only natural then that when the public want to point the finger at someone, each side will back into their own corner and hurl offences at the other.

So it is in this strange time that the Labour leadership election matters more than it may be first thought – a successful redefining of their socialist roots must surely put them odds-on to reclaim power the next time the public go out to vote.