In an age where media-dominated chattering classes have ever-expanding demands of perfection from politics and public life, partly in response to the failings of our media-centric systems of scrutiny, it is refreshing to encounter anyone who can raise themselves above the fray.
This media class has set an impossible task of itself, and by implication also of our politicians, by arrogantly raising false expectations – had we believed the propaganda mill then anything less than a messianic deliverance by Blair from Thatcher (now Brown from Blair, but firstly Thatcher from the unions and the winter of discontent and subsequently, we expect, Cameron from Brown) was beyond contemplation – yet according to our media reflection nothing less is worthy of our attention.

Surely what we are experiencing is a case of believing the hype, falling into the trap constructed by one’s own acolytes and reading the words without understanding the message. But only because only the best is good enough, and because we know we are worth it!

One might ask about motions, but I’m not sure anyone could agree whether they were coming or going, let alone whether we were going through any at all for that matter – except Vince, of course.

If Cable entered the race now, he may well win,

I thought nominations for candidates are closed already, making the idea of Vince running impossible?

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