Re: Boris's attack on Cameron

On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:15:38 +0000, FrereTuck wrote:

On Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:06:38 +0100, William Black wrote:

Boris, mayor of London, has deliberately attacked David Cameron this
week by repeatedly voicing his opinions on Europe in direct defiance of
his leader's wishes for the party to keep quiet on the issue.

Is this just Boris being Boris, or is it Boris's bid to get Cameron to
lose the next election and so open the way for his own bid for
leadership of the Tory Party because he is, let's face it, the most
popular Tory in the land...

I shall, as is traditional in u.p.m, now give the URL of a relevant
Daily Mail page...


Ok... point scored for relevant use of sarcasm/irony/whatever... :)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1218232/Boris-challenges-
Cameron-plan-5bn-cuts-Tory-conference.html

<This one's for Frere Tuck because he wasn't rude to me today>

Boris being Boris... larger than life...

and I suppose I'd have to add, I don't think a leader should seek to
suppress opinion, I mean I know its politic and all that, but really,
what makes David any more qualified than Boris to speak on the issue?

The party line should come from a party vote, and if it comes to a vote
in the commons on a bill the vote should reflect constituents opinions
not be based on an assumption that the mp's or party leaders opinion is
right (whether he thinks it right or just that it will help his career to
tow the party or the bankers/corporates (the super-party) line)

all this party line business I think is counterproductive, suppresses
debate, suppresses democracy... but then its not really a democracy
anyway when someone you and a significant portion of others (perhaps
majority) did not vote for, takes solitary representation for you whilst
not actually supporting any of your policies or even canvassing
constituents for opinions on how that mp or other representative should
vote on an issue.
.

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