October 09
2003
Sweet
» Posted on October 9, 2003 09:16 AM » Category: UK politics

A clerihew, courtesy of Paul Richards:

IDS

In a mess

Won't be long

Before he's gone


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And it's national poetry day too!

Stated by: The Thinker on October 9, 2003 9:47 AM
IDS finished
ยป Posted on October 10, 2002 02:00 PM
Listening to IDS' speech reminds me of the old Not The Nine O'Clock News sketch: "Fiat. Built by robots; driven by Italians".
It's rather a good speech, ruined by his quite astonishingly poor delivery. He has obviously been told that if you speak s-l-o-w-l-y and E-M-P-H-A-S-I-S-E every other word, it sounds caring and human. It doesn't. It makes you sound as if you don't understand English and are reading phonetically.
Truly awful.
He's speaking as I write, so I don't know how it will be received. But I am now clear in my mind; after this speech, which is about the worst possible conclusion to a rather good week for the Tories, IDS is a goner.

Hmmm.

Stated by: Peter Cuthbertson on October 9, 2003 7:49 PM

The standing ovation was ordered in advance.

William Hague would have delivered this speech in an outstanding manner.

The party rank and file certainly elected IDS for policy rather than for delivery. I believe that it would use the same assessment criteria given the next opportunity. The perceived Thatcherite candidate will always come to the forefront irrespective relative of leadership and presentation skills.

Most Conservatives still want a Margaret Thatcher on the stage. Anything less is a dismal failure.

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