Politics and life

[matgb]

First up, the Lib Dem leadership thing. Ming's resigned, so be it, spilt milk, my opinion had been hardening against him the more crappy media coverage he got, yes, they were OTT, but a decent press team could've turned some of it around, I can only conclude he didn't know what image he wanted to present and thus came across as dithering. As to who to back? No clue at all, soft Huhne, remain to be persuaded. However, my former MP has stated his opinion on a possible candidacy rather clearly:

Someone asked if my question today had been my bid for the leadership of the Lib Dems. My answer to anyone who asks me if I'm going to stand is that I would rather roll around naked in a field of stinging nettles. In other words the answer is a big resounding no.

Not an image I particularly wanted there Adrian.

In other news, our post appears to be coming back to normal. Jennie? Mah T-shirt has arrived.

I likes it. Rather a lot. Fankoo.

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[matgb]

IIRC it was on the freight costs thing? Which I'll admit I zoned out for and didn't here.

Pigouvian taxes can be done well, and they can be done very very badly, finding the balance can be hard. but at times general improvements to other options can help. Liek I said, I'm not sure.

But, the basic thing is that the leader needs to be able to enunciate policy, and 'sell' it, not make it, the Tories do the top down thing, soetimes our leaders get stuck with polcies we know they don't actually like, but they respect the process that created them.

I think Huhne can sell policy well, and I think better than Clegg. Shame Lynne's ruled herself out of running though.