Cameron at Demos / Sexy - 5 comments
A couple of articles about Cameron's "Modern Conservatism" speech, from two Labour bloggers who managed to get in. A Conservative spokesman failed to answer rumours that tickets had been going for "silly money" on eBay before the event, and that a St. John's Ambulance was parked by the fire exit, the volunteers told to expect fainting girls and crush injuries.
According to Steve:
My favourite Francophile philosopher/historian/guru Theodore Zeldin was there too and he put it nicely: Cameron's just not 'beautiful' enough. He's dead right. The man has the charisma of a bag of sugar and none of Blair's almost hypnotic charm.And, says Tom:
There was no rhythm, no passion, no cadence. He didn't modulate his tone or choose his language in a way designed to get an audience on his side, despite itself. The typical Cameron sentence is delivered so that it ends on a higher note than it starts on - so, subliminally, it conveys uncertainty and lack of confidence, and a desperation to get to the end. Compare that to Tony Blair's speeches - whether you like the content or not, they're constructed and delivered to carry you along with him.Sexy
In stark contrast, the BBC reports that Cameron is "among" (i.e. right at the bottom of) a poll on the world's 100 sexiest men, conducted by New Woman magazine.
Explaining her readers' choice, Ms Rapley said the Tory leader had probably benefited from being the "new kid on the block" in British politics.So, probably not a magazine aimed at feminists, or indeed the sentient. And what's all this about "power"?
"Power is quite intoxicating for women," she said. "He is obviously on our readers' radar because they are quite celebrity obsessed and news media savvy."
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It's noticable that Cameron is working on the Blair 'hand jive' but has yet to perfect it - just watch next time he's on TV doing an interview to camera, the short chopping motion is there but he splays his fingers where Blair's are firmly kept together.
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the comments quoted in the article are best summed up by the title of this blog. You really want DC to fail and are comparing ploys used by TB with those used by DC. TB has already been found out. People now look out for which ploy he's going to use rather than listen to any of his vapid and vacuous nonsense.
What has TB actually materially achieved in 9 years apart from win elections and spend a huge amount of our money for little if any gain?
So the views of three bloggers can be dismissed because they are associated to varying degrees with something called Bloggers4Labour?
Far from being a withering personal assault, or a condemnation of his policies, just about all I've said about DC is that he's dull, patrician, and - in his search for 'new' policies - doesn't always make the right choices.
I want him to succeed in living a worthwhile life, spreading liberal values, and making the Conservative Party suitable for normal, sane people to vote for. I don't want him to succeed in getting elected as PM, however. Or marrying a close friend or relative of mine, for that matter, and phoning me in the early hours to say he's lost the key to his flat.
That's certainly fairer than "vapid and vacuous nonsense", which seems to be a very inaccurate description of TB. Some of us might consider him dangerous (I won't comment), but noone could deny he spins a good yarn and, at times, is spectacularly good at selling a positive vision.
What has TB personally achieved in 9 years? Well he's shaped a party programme that has been backed at the last 3 General Elections by people who've seen more than "little or no gain" since 1997, though it's far more interesting and constructive to talk about policies, not people.
As pointless exercises go, coming to a site called Bloggers4Labour and leaving a comment pointing out to its readers that the contributors are (shock! horror!) in some way aligned with the Labour Party ranks pretty highly.
Yep. All the same, people shouldn't be put off by the moniker, thinking that it's a kind of Labourite love-in (which couldn't possibly be true). Plenty of C/conservatives have come here and taken posts/comments on their merits.
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