tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968338.post111874819376343338..comments2023-08-11T09:56:34.039+01:00Comments on timrollpickering: Abolish formal leadership elections?!?!Tim Roll-Pickeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12589024696145675963noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968338.post-1118932923184537572005-06-16T15:42:00.000+01:002005-06-16T15:42:00.000+01:00On the realpolitick level it is rather hypocritica...On the realpolitick level it is rather hypocritical of a party that when in government imposed all member ballots on the trade unions to turn around and not follow the same course for its own elections! And then for some years party membership has been advertised as a way to have a say in choosing the leader - many who have joined for that reason may now feel they have been sold a pig in a poke.<BR/><BR/>The real question is just who does have the skills to select the leader who can break the party out of the electoral rut and make it a winner again, which means being able to advance in the Midlands and North especially. Is a Parliamentary party that seems even more biased to London and the South necessarily qualified to do that?Tim Roll-Pickeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589024696145675963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10968338.post-1118885232130654222005-06-16T02:27:00.000+01:002005-06-16T02:27:00.000+01:00Why all the Tory party members need to be involved...Why all the Tory party members need to be involved in choosing a leader is beyond me. As a humble member myself for a couple of decades, I'd much rather see the party win elections, and am unconvinced that I possess the necessary skills to determine who the leader to get us back into government should be. By the time the BBC and the rest of the media have finished clobbering the poor chap in the scrum of an election, he'd look quite different from the bod I'd voted for in the first place.<BR/>Mark of CroydonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com