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   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   "banana"  wrote in message   
   news:BMIYrcA78XwDFwGO@borve.demon.co.uk...   
   > The presentational strategy with regard to the New Labour leadership   
   has   
   > been the opposite of what it was for the Tories under John Major.   
   >   
   > Whereas it was de rigueur for the chattering classes to talk about   
   > 'Portillo and the leadership', it is now seen as unacceptable to   
   > speculate on who the next Labour leader might be.   
   >   
   > They've presented Blair - who is probably held in greater CONTEMPT   
   than   
   > any other prime minister since Chamberlain, although it's true that   
   he's   
   > not as HATED as Thatcher was - as STRONG, the UNCHALLENGED LEADER,   
   whose   
   > 'appointment' of his CHOSEN SUCCESSOR a decade ago must still stand.   
   >   
   > They're all actors and errand-boys anyway, of course, but what a load   
   of   
   > shit this is! Don't call it 'informed commentary' - call it marketing   
   > bullshit.   
   >   
   One thing is very clear, Brown is just as charismatically challenged as   
   Major (the world's biggest election loser) was.   
   Regards   Mike.   
      
   --   
   "Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and   
   ability" (David Brent).   
      
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