Brown = The New Grey?

Gordon.....

Gordon again ?

Welcome back Taverners. Apologies for the long delay in Posts. I have not enjoyed the best of summers due to an intense bout of local difficulty. Infact, apart from an excellent trip to Greece and Cricket trips with the boys, it has been hellish. I have not felt much like blogging.

Well, what first to address...my view on The Brown Government and the current state of British politics in general. Okay, here goes....Yawn, Yawn and Yawn again.

Brown is doing an admirable job as PM and will win the next General Election. Regular readers of this blog, will know that I think Cameron is a first class twit. This summer, he has surpassed even my expectations. Utterly clueless, inept and vacuous. Dopey Dave, and his even worse party are doomed.

However for the first time in my life, I find it a real struggle to remain interested in politics. Boris Johnson running for Tory Candidate for London Mayor will be a fun sideshow but the main event is a non starter. Providing Darling doesn't bugger up the economy, the General Election is already won.

Brown and Co have rewound the clock and returned British politics to normal. Like it was pre Thatcher. Worthy but dull Bank Manager types running the country with even their obligatory liaisons dangerous conducted well away from the media glare. I hated Thatcher with an absolute passion, but at least, politics in the eighties was always incendiary and interesting. How can leaders such as calm and stable Brown, and clueless shallow Cameron fire up their foot soldiers? The struggle is in danger of dying.

In the light of Brown's succession to the political throne, it is clear how Labour and the country misses Tony Blair. His constant presence in the 24 hr media simply demanded your attention. Like him or loathe the man, nobody could deny his sheer power. It was sexy politics.

Compare and contrast Brown's first hundred days to Tony Blairs and you get what I mean. Haven't seen Noel Gallagher and the rest of the Cool Britannia hierarchy rushing in for Champagne, or even tea with Gordon have we? You would be lucky to get Compo, Clegg and Foggy in there, such is the nouveau boredom.

I'm not being glib. In the media age, politics has to be full on, in your face, all of the time. Labour was mad to force Blair out, and with hindsight, equally mad, not to have elected David Milliband as his successor.

Brown is like a decent, competent version of John Major, he does the job, but does not, and will not, ever truly inspire like Blair did. I like Brown, and have confidence in him. He just has not got the vision thing. As any media savvy person will tell you, this is crucial for any political leader.

As for Labour itself, I still strongly believe in the principles of democratic socialism, its just that I find the political system within the party hard to stomach. Electing Harman as deputy when she bashed Blair countless times to get elected, was a watershed moment for me. Fairplay to Gordon for keeping her in her place. Maybe I have been a bit hard on him....

Although I will always, always vote Labour. I cannot confirm that I will remain a party member beyond my current subscription. Politics is no longer sexy for me. Time to move on.