timprice
11.09.07, 12:29
A very interesting analysis. A comparison with Mrs Thatcher becomes ever more
revealing. Mrs T was more liberal than 'the brothers' but economic policy
aside there was the same nationalism, populism anti-intellectualism (though
Mrs T was also a lawyer), anti-Europeanism . Mrs T wanted to hang people, she
hated the established media, she had a conspiracy theory which led to her
well-known judgement of people as 'one of us' - or not. Mrs T also hated the
established church but held strong non-conformist views. Mrs T was shaped by a
peculiar relationship with her parents - in this case her dad.
The voting patterns for Mrs T were always dominated by women as the key
'floating' sector.
Mrs T never lost an election she was stabbed in the back by her own party -
not a minute too soon for those of who loathed her - but without it she might
well have won again!
And the brothers? I think that Mr Tusk missed the best change to get the party
out of the drivers seat and now it will be a long and painful process.