Poor old Ed is coming in for a lot of stick at the moment for his looks. He can't be Prime Minister because he looks `geeky' is one of the more polite.
Is it right to be prejudiced against people for their looks? Is it the new `ism'?
Getting a job is hard enough for youngsters but should looks, size etc be taken into account for a job?
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Does anyone really think that any of the vacuous three, Cameron, Milliband or Clegg would have got anywhere near being their party leaders 30 years ago ?
Bring back ugly but politicians with principles is what I say.
Cameron---Milliband---Clegg all wilted lettuces
all the more weird that Boris gets away with it------what a very clever man.
Just saying !
Oh you bastard you edited it
Er, I'm sorry. He is either not good enough or not trying. To say you have to be a boring beige canvas to get a creative job is rediculous.
Ever thought the ratio of art graduates to creative media jobs may not be great ?
It's been happening a lot longer than that i can tell you.
Nope, but I'm an art graduate trying to make a career in the art/creative world. Does that make it ok for me to have an opinion ?
I know how many people I studied with and how many went on to have creative jobs, does that make it ok to have an opinion ?
If it helps I was the least good looking in the class and I'm the only person doig what we studied for as only lastnight confirmed 6 more gigs seeing me through to winter 2015
Unless its a creative job I wouldn't want it anyway
End result of that in their strategy is that they swing a few tight seats from the Tories by convincing enough of the non Con/Lab voters to vote for them instead, and all on a strategy where their national share of the vote is 35% or less. If the strategy works, they might have a small majority or be able to form a coalition government. If it doesn't, they throw away a good chance to do serious damage to a fairly unpopular government.
I think it's a very negative strategy, and not a good one for British politics, and they've been saying some really stupid stuff this recent campaign (£450 extra VAT per annum on the average shopping bill, for starters). From looking at the overall numbers from the local elections, it looks like they haven't turned many councils over, and most of the damage done to the Tories has been done by UKIP taking seats resulting in councils moving to no overall control.
It also means that what the leader actually says doesn't sound like the kind of thing you might want the Prime Minister to say. The type of rhetoric that appeals to annoyed Lib Dem voters who thing Clegg has sold them out (or appeals to Labour voters who feel the same about Blair) just doesn't sound like a Prime Minister to me. I think someone who looks like Ed Miliband could appear strong or statesmanlike by what he says, but the strategy they have chosen doesn't lend itself to that.