charliesaidthat, on 16 February 2010 - 06:03 PM, said:
Politics is all spin. Gives PR a bad name.
This is the rise of the celebrity idiots.
I've pretty much come to the conclusion that the sort of person that wants to be a politician is not the sort of person I want to be a politician!!
There will be exceptions, but unfortunately they'll probably be forever confined to the back-benches for just getting on with it, taking a balanced view and trying to represent their constituency, rather than playing the PR game and 'towing the party line'.
And don't get me started on The House of Commons in session! At best it's almost empty (apart from a few sleepy back-benchers). At worst the jeering, sniping and petty point scoring is akin to The Jerry Springer Show taking place in a football stadium on a local derby day.
Sorry, straying off-topic, but strangely therapeutic writing that. Feeling much better for getting that of my chest!