On political resurrections
I knew someone would say it. Here’s the Daily Mirror’s Kevin Maguire on Ken Clarke’s return to the Tory front benches:
What does bringing back a Cabinet Minister from the Thatcher era tell us about the health of the Conservative message of change?
To which the only response is, what does bringing back the discredited and despised figures of the worst years of New Labour – Peter Mandelson, Alastair Campbell, Alan Milburn, David Blunkett – tell us about the health of the government and its confidence in new talent?
Posted on January 19th, 2009 at 1:43pm under New Labour, Tories
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I know times are tough for all of us at the minute, but taking sponsorship from CCO to counter every piece of Tory rubbishness with ‘but Labour are just as bad’ comments is surely going a bit far?
Any port in a storm, mate.
Ah yes, I remember this fat git. The Hammer of the Nurses.
I remember him more fondly for flogging smokes to Burma.
I wish to take strong issue with you about your description of Alan Milburn as ‘discredited’. Milburn argued for, and succeeded in getting loadsamoney for the NHS and he helped to massively reduce nhs waiting lists. He never lied about weapons of mass destruction, nor got involved in dubious dealings over passports and mortgages (as far as I know).
Despised? Absolutely no question about that. The man is a creep and a reactionary Blairite of the worst order.
I’m an optimist. I believe that the worst years of New Labour are still to come – and I have a feeling this year may be a vintage one.
I seem to remember that Steve Bell’s “If” depicted Clarke as “Fat-Arse the Vulture” (because of is health service cuts) and I wouldn’t be surprised if Steve were to give us another of his flashbacks.