Originally Posted by
simonj
Essentially (and this is of course an optimistic best case scenario but hey, that's what politics is all about) a huge lib dem surge will create a hung parliament (a lib dem majority government is currently impossible). This means the other parties will need lib dem support for any policies they want to get through and a big compromise for this (backed by overwhelming public support because the public will realise that the current system does not represent them) will be a change to a system based on proportional representation or something. I can't be bothered fact checking and editing my hastily put together sentences right now because it's early o' clock in the morning but still, you get the idea.
That aside, after watching the video I've never been more convinced that Brown is a vapid, useless robot. He's just suddenly had some sort of obama emulation program installed and is now running on a passion overdrive setting. In terms of oratory, it's better than average for a UK politician but still not great (lots of fumbling words etc) but listen to what he says. It's all style and zero substance. Broad sweeping statements which are guaranteed to push Citizens UK easily manipulated buttons with a few tiny policy details at the end which are mostly to round off an attack on the tory inheritance tax cut policy. At least he didn't call anyone a bigot.
He's been watching Obama, that's for sure.
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