Funny things "over 'ome"
The British are in an election campaign, one which all Canadian parties will be watching with anticipation fully believing that conditions are so similar here that our election will mirror theirs.
But up until the TV debate, the first ever for the UK, electoral politics was pretty boring. A Conservative leader viewed with much suspicion for he might be concealing a hidden agenda, a Labour leader who had campaigned for many years for the top spot and when he finally got it proceeded to blow away his political capital and a Lib-Dem who nobody really took much notice of.
Enter the TV debate where the Tory and Labour guys failed to impress and even turned people off by resorting to form, and POW, Nick Clegg a Lib-Dem was not the other two and immediately stood out as a contrast. Up went the opinion polls and now he leads for now. But Why?
With an apathetic and jaded electorate the British appear to be grasping at straws for leadership. Nick Clegg, sometimes known in the past as "cleggover" because of his boasts about his conquests, has caught the imagination of the Country. But is it because the Country really believes it is Clegg's time or is it because the other two are so bloody awful?
It will be interesting to see if the polls hold up for the next three weeks and what the reaction of the Cons and Labs will be as they try to tear down the upstart. More interestingly enough will the contest produce more people at the polls. Or is it just retail politics turned into entertainment?
The BurdReport will keep watching but in the meantime if you want a humourous slant on the campaign follow this page: Two minutes of satire produced daily here
But up until the TV debate, the first ever for the UK, electoral politics was pretty boring. A Conservative leader viewed with much suspicion for he might be concealing a hidden agenda, a Labour leader who had campaigned for many years for the top spot and when he finally got it proceeded to blow away his political capital and a Lib-Dem who nobody really took much notice of.
Enter the TV debate where the Tory and Labour guys failed to impress and even turned people off by resorting to form, and POW, Nick Clegg a Lib-Dem was not the other two and immediately stood out as a contrast. Up went the opinion polls and now he leads for now. But Why?
With an apathetic and jaded electorate the British appear to be grasping at straws for leadership. Nick Clegg, sometimes known in the past as "cleggover" because of his boasts about his conquests, has caught the imagination of the Country. But is it because the Country really believes it is Clegg's time or is it because the other two are so bloody awful?
It will be interesting to see if the polls hold up for the next three weeks and what the reaction of the Cons and Labs will be as they try to tear down the upstart. More interestingly enough will the contest produce more people at the polls. Or is it just retail politics turned into entertainment?
The BurdReport will keep watching but in the meantime if you want a humourous slant on the campaign follow this page: Two minutes of satire produced daily here
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