With all the kerfuffle about a Conservative-Lib Dem coalition raging at the moment, what's being swiftly forgotten is Gordon Brown's moving, dignified and honourable farewell speech to the nation. I was touched by his tribute (not featured in most news articles) to those killed in the front line overseas. Few prime ministers, such as Margaret Thatcher and John Major, or even Winston Churchill, would have made such an open declaration of pity and regret.
His subsequent acts (some would say manoeuvrings) of the last few days of a hung Parliament, (not unlike Richard Nixon's farewell speech) have been among his noblest acts of his entire political career, enabling ironically, a Conservative and Liberal coalition to come into being.
The last dignified politician has left town - what takes his place will be interesting to see.
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So, now that Gordon has gone, and having looked at the ever growing candidate list, who do you think would make a good labour leader? I wonder what direction the party will go now, "left" or "centre"..?
Labour will probably veer towards the 'right', if the current candidates for leadership are anything to go by. The only one I find even tolerably approachable is Harriet Harman, though she has too much the look of a fill-in schoolteacher to be Labour leader for me.
As for the current people in No. 10, methinks Clegg is enjoying his new job too much and is losing sight of what he originally stood for. But it's still going to be interesting....I think the Tories will have their way on most things, unfortunately.
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