Comments | matgb: New Labour, New Competence?

matgb

New Labour, New Competence?

Jul 30, 2008 23:19

Oops!

politics, cathy jamieson, labour, scottish politics

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matgb August 2 2008, 18:46:18 UTC

Ah, see, never actually seen a single episode, it finished before I moved in with SB (and thus re-acquired access to a TV).

I really ought to get around to writing those 'intro to politics' posts...

freddiefraggles July 30 2008, 23:54:06 UTC

Doh! Stupid woman.

But equally, what happened to her secretary reminding her? Hmmm...

matgb August 2 2008, 18:47:00 UTC

Apparently she herself went to the location and utterly failed to see the press pack (it was a public place) so assumed no one had turned up...

pmoodie July 31 2008, 10:11:42 UTC

Now you see, this is how I know I'm perverse. Because I find someone forgetting their own press conference to be kind of cool, and rather endearing. It's certainly something I can see myself doing.

However, I'm not sure it would be a great idea to have someone like me running a political party.

matgb August 2 2008, 18:47:43 UTC

Oh, on a personal level it makes her a lot more human. But, um, she wants to be First Minister of Scotland...

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matgb August 2 2008, 18:48:50 UTC

Some of the reports I read say she checked and thought no one had turned up, she didn't actually forget, she just didn't notice the journos.

I think that actually makes it slightly worse...

tiredstars July 31 2008, 21:48:17 UTC

Didn't one of the libdem leadership candidates have some kind of press conference mishap too? Like not telling people where it was or something.

matgb August 2 2008, 18:50:15 UTC

That sounds like Simon Hughes in '06, but I can't remember specific details, I followed the '07 contest a lot more closely and didn't notice anything. Doesn't mean it didn't happen of course.

Hughes is fairly well known for doing that sort of thing, lovely bloke but, well, I'd trust him as party leader less than I'd trust me...