Perhaps the most interesting thing that can be said about the election campaign that concluded last night is that all parties seemed to be aware that it was more about reconfiguration than change from the get-go - more of a Sunday afternoon, mid-table Fulham v Spurs type clash than a confrontational Real v Barca classico like the last two US elections. The latter made more compulsive viewing, but do they represent better democracy?
The Paxman-Galloway interview provided the only gob of real venom.
Live by the sword, die by the sword - Stephen Twigg, the man that famously de-railed Portillo's career back in '97, had his own ministerial career decapitated on the very same Enfield Southgate platform.
Passengers on the Tory Train may have experienced that strange sensation of forward motion from watching the next door New Labour train sliding backwards. The driver knows it's safe enough to jump though.
There was ample evidence of how professional politicians in the UK typically graduate out of a nerdy university clique - individuals that in most other walks of life would end up as marginal as they were back in college.
Bliar's style might be Presidential but he has the advantage that it's harder for UK voters to unbundle the man from the legislative programme.
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Is your spelling of 'Bliar' intentional? Should we be aware of political bias in this post. We want to know!
Intentional
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