I forecast a few years on the back benches, followed by leaving politics in an official capacity but continuing to be a mover and shaker in Blair's disgusting cabal of unelected, unaccountable "advisers".
Absolutely. Far better politicians make decisions based on their own possibly shaky grasp of, say, economics or civil engineering than get advice.
I'm not sure why people expect political advisors to be elected. It's like expecting to vote for who gets to be the government's chief medical officer, or head of the Office of National Statistics.
I haven't been following things closely, but what I've not liked about Blair is that the advice coming from the advisers often doesn't seem to be generated or discussed in an especially public and peer-reviewed manner.
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Date: 2005-11-02 11:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-02 11:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-02 12:31 pm (UTC)I'm not sure why people expect political advisors to be elected. It's like expecting to vote for who gets to be the government's chief medical officer, or head of the Office of National Statistics.
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Date: 2005-11-02 07:01 pm (UTC)