What have they been putting in Simon Hoggart’s tea? Hoggart on the Lib Dem leadership race in this morning’s Grauniad:
“Watching Liberal Democrats attempt to become leader of their party is like observing a power struggle in a Buddhist ashram. It’s fun, but it’s also slightly embarrassing. It feels wrong. It’s your uncle watching Top Of The Pops and saying: “Gosh, this has a jolly good beat!” It’s politicians pretending to play football with young persons, and falling over when they kick the ball.”
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“….Oaten is always billed as the “toughest” Liberal Democrat, which is like being the country’s tallest dwarf. Or its most combative hamster. how can you act tough when you have a surname that sounds like a cheese cracker?”
“Oaten’s chief drum-banger is fellow MP Lembit Opik, whose name might be thought to sound like a brand of organic yoghurt. “Every 100ml tub of delicious lembit-flavoured opik contains up to a billion bacteria, going to work scouring your stomach, cleansing your bloodstream and helping to combat global warming . ”
Looks like getting rid of Kennedy may have been bit of a tactical mistake, PR-wise.
