Best bit is where she says "Remember it's not about who's got the best policy for London but who is the best candidate". Go principles!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Top Lib Dem says being London Mayor is 'not about policy'
A rather amusing video from one of the Lib Dem London Mayoral wannabees, Chamali Fernando. Apparently she's been a campaigner for twenty years, which means she's been knocking on doors since she was eight.
Best bit is where she says "Remember it's not about who's got the best policy for London but who is the best candidate". Go principles!
Best bit is where she says "Remember it's not about who's got the best policy for London but who is the best candidate". Go principles!
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What is this obsession with being in politics since an early age? I would rather our politicos had some life experience outside sliming the greasy pole.
Blackadder: Pitt the Elder, Pitt the Younger... what's next, Pitt the Foetus?
Silly cow. No wonder she joined the lib-dems!
Campaigning since 2 - that rubbish. Apparently Emily Benn (granddaughter on Tony) who I think is standing against Tim Loughton has been campaigning since 2. Didn't see her coming round my house in Chesterfield in the 92 election funnily enough!
Ma & Pa Croydonian used to take me out when I was still in a pushchair, so who knows?
Some truth in the idea that policy is irrelevant. Tha Mayor is going to have a hard time if he/she differs too far from what Westminster tells them to do. Bu I take exception with the idea that she is best suited to communicate with *all* walks of life. ANy politician who thinks they are a breath of fresh air is invariably so full of themselves as to be unelectable.
I think the point Chamali Fernando is making is that ANY of the Liberal Democrat London Mayoral candidates will be standing on the Lib Dem manifesto developed by the London party. In other words party members, when deciding who to vote for, need to pick a communicator that people will be interested to listen to, rather than wondering what policies they will be advocating. We Lib Dems do like policy debates and yet that is not at the heart of what the internal contest is about.
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