21 August 2007

Buggins' turn

There is something wrong with the Labour Party. Gordon Brown became leader unopposed. Now Wendy Alexander is doing the same for the leadership of the party in Holyrood. This is reminiscent of the magic circle that dictated the leadership of the Conservative Party in the 1960s.

There is no point in having an electoral college if there is no choice on offer. If the leadership of the so-called people's party is determined by the ruling clique without any vestige of democratic challenge, then we're up the creek without a paddle.

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