Politicians and Brass Necks
Complaining about politicians with brass necks is a bit like complaining about the weather in Scotland - what's the point - you may as well howl at the moon.
Because politicians and brass necks go together - like love and marriage or a horse and carriage - and most politicians will say whatever it takes to get elected - then pray that voters have short memories.
In all the comments about Ed Miliband's speech at the Labour Party conference - here's one from John Rentoul at The Independent which strikes a chord.
"If he (Ed Miliband) had won by a clear margin I would have said that Labour had chosen the Panda as its leader. He is soft, cuddly and panders to every oppositional instinct in the party. There has been no position taken by the Labour government - of which he was a member - that he was not prepared to trash if he thought Labour members would like it.
Tuition fees, Iraq, the third runway for Heathrow: you name it, he disowned it. Even, in the case of the third runway, a policy for which he had direct ministerial responsibility. There has been no part of the manifesto, which he wrote, that he has not been prepared to ditch."
John Rentoul is chief political editor at The Independent and former deputy editor at the New Statesman - so he knows a thing or two about the dark arts of spin doctoring.
Because politicians and brass necks go together - like love and marriage or a horse and carriage - and most politicians will say whatever it takes to get elected - then pray that voters have short memories.
In all the comments about Ed Miliband's speech at the Labour Party conference - here's one from John Rentoul at The Independent which strikes a chord.
"If he (Ed Miliband) had won by a clear margin I would have said that Labour had chosen the Panda as its leader. He is soft, cuddly and panders to every oppositional instinct in the party. There has been no position taken by the Labour government - of which he was a member - that he was not prepared to trash if he thought Labour members would like it.
Tuition fees, Iraq, the third runway for Heathrow: you name it, he disowned it. Even, in the case of the third runway, a policy for which he had direct ministerial responsibility. There has been no part of the manifesto, which he wrote, that he has not been prepared to ditch."
John Rentoul is chief political editor at The Independent and former deputy editor at the New Statesman - so he knows a thing or two about the dark arts of spin doctoring.
