They say Kemi only won a third of the support but we don’t know how Cleverly’s votes would have been allocated. I’d say she has more like 50% of the parliamentary party. The fact that most people couldn’t decide between them (Kemi and Jenrick) shows that they were both good candidates. I’m very happy with the result and believe Kemi will be a success.
One or two people might be disgruntled, but with such a small parliamentary party there should be something for everyone to do, which will keep them out of mischief. Labour, on the other hand, will soon find that a large majority just means you have loads of people on the backbenches with nothing to do and they soon start to become an embarrassment.
Another cracking post. I wish someone would write a piece that puts forward some ideas on how we fix this element of our politics. Some of it will be personnel (i.e. how do we attract people with the skills needed to govern). But how do we change the culture and media environment, including the incentives, so that Westminster no longer sees itself as an entertainment service for the lobby or content creators for social media?
They say Kemi only won a third of the support but we don’t know how Cleverly’s votes would have been allocated. I’d say she has more like 50% of the parliamentary party. The fact that most people couldn’t decide between them (Kemi and Jenrick) shows that they were both good candidates. I’m very happy with the result and believe Kemi will be a success.
One or two people might be disgruntled, but with such a small parliamentary party there should be something for everyone to do, which will keep them out of mischief. Labour, on the other hand, will soon find that a large majority just means you have loads of people on the backbenches with nothing to do and they soon start to become an embarrassment.
Another cracking post. I wish someone would write a piece that puts forward some ideas on how we fix this element of our politics. Some of it will be personnel (i.e. how do we attract people with the skills needed to govern). But how do we change the culture and media environment, including the incentives, so that Westminster no longer sees itself as an entertainment service for the lobby or content creators for social media?