July 31, 2008
All world leaders are unpopular right now: MacShane
I had a chat with Denis MacShane the other day. He argues that Gordon Brown’s unpopularity is not out of the ordinary right now.
The Blairite former Europe minister points out a number of countries whose leaders are in the doldrums: All thanks to the economic downturn and rising commodity costs.
Sarkozy (France), currently at about 3o per cent in the polls; the Swedish PM, at 20 per cent; Austria, where the government has just collapsed, Merkel (Germany), “very very unpopular”, the Japanese government, “at the point of meltdown”. And then there’s George W. Bush, of course (pictured below).
I’m no foreign affairs expert but this analysis seems reasonably valid. It’s an interesting point to bear in mind.
“If Obama is as popular after an election as he is now I will pay you my entire ACA (additional cost allowance),” says Macshane.
Labour should get rid of all those right wing cronies and Put Jeremy Corbyn & John McDonnell in charge, as these 2 are in touch with people and have good common sense! If we carry on with this right wing shambles then the Tories are going to walk in. New Labour is tired and outdated-We need a left wing leader/deputy and Cabinet.
Posted by: Mark Still | August 3rd, 2008 at 7:45 pm | Report this commentLabour must get rid of Nu Labour and DM,JP,AB ministers and start the attack on the Tories instead of copying them.
Posted by: James | August 4th, 2008 at 12:25 am | Report this comment