I wish I'd thought of it this morning - at our Campaign Strategy Meeting. (We rather grandly refer to it as 'the CSM'). It would have been an interesting subject for debate. But this rather odd and random thought didn't posit itself in my brain until I read Janet Daley's piece in the Telegraph, as I was having a cappuccino in the Great Oak Cafe in Llanidloes this afternoon. It just chugged up and parked itself at the bus stop that is my mind. I intend to fight the next General Election as if I'm a London Red Double Decker. Before my Chairman decides that I've lost it completely, I should explain my thinking.
After the (in my opinion) excess and extravagance of the recent Olympic Games opening ceremony, we all wondered what London could do to match. And then in our 8 minutes at the closing ceremony we showed 'em. Brilliant. London is not going to match the flamboyance and waste. We simply sent in a 'Routemaster'. Solid, familiar, reliable, brilliant. And then there's Barack Obama. Glamorous and exotic. How could poor old bit boring John McCain compete. The Democrats Convention was a masterclass in presentation - apart from Hilary's 'chain gang' trouser suit. So McCain decides to tone down the show bizz, abandon all the psuedo celebration, and act like a serious politician who cares about the people of New Orleans. That was brilliant as well.
All this represents a lesson for me. The current holder of the office I will be competing for at the next General Election is a figure of very great celebrity. He is a man who may well have made more TV appearances than any other living politician - pound for pound that is. He's a sort of De Lorean of the car saleroom - the pink and yellow stretch limo of the highway. My plan is to do a Boris, and present myself as a London Red 'Routemaster'. 'Substance before style'. No pictures kissing babies or pulling faces for the camera. I wonder what our CSM will think of this.
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So to sum up, u plan to go for the 'sensible candidate' approach.
Vote Glyn Davies, the sensible candidate. Glyn Davies - QUITE Unlike someone else we could mention ...
Not a good analogy, the routmaster has gone, retired, had it's day!
You are being very kind about your opponent! WHY????? The man is a toal and utter idiot, with zero credibility. Why not say it how it is Glyn? You know esactly what people are saying about him locally. He's a joke and the sooner he's gone, the better
I noticed that Dylan Jones Evans has stopped blogging. Has he left the Conservatives?
I seem to recall reading somewhere that the current Mayor of London is thinking about bringing back a version of the Routemaster bus. Anyone else heard this?
If this is Boris's plan, then using the 'routmaster' (sic) will look prescient.
"The current holder of the office I will be competing for at the next General Election is a figure of very great celebrity."
He is also a complete pillock. Show the world you're different.
Cuddley - I think Boris is bringing it back - as Christopher comments!
anons 1 and 3 - You are rather too rude about my opponent. I don't really like gratuitous rudeness on this blog, and I approved your comments only because it is true that many people say similar things to me all the time. I do not want to seem mean of spirit.
anon 2 - I have not spoken to Dylan for a while, but I think all that he has done is retire ffrom blogging. Because his posts were carefully constructed, and sometimes researched, it took too much of his time.
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