Tory Tedium

by Graham Davies

Many congratualtions to the Conservative Party for reaching a new peak in boring presentation. They have discovered perhaps the most tedious mass presentational technique to hit British Politics: seven Shadow Cabinet members standing in line on stage behind seven seperate lecterns.

Apparently, it is designed to be a display of teamwork in action. Sadly, they look like 7 awkward statues, only with not as much life.

This sort of set-up exacerbates a politician's tendency towards Podium Disease: the habit of...only saying...three or four words....at a time....even if it is.....very stilted....indeed.

I was deeply disappointed to see even Michael Gove being infected. If a star like Gove is made to look pedestrian, the Tories have a long way to go before their presentational is good enough to guarantee the boost in the polls that the Conference must deliver for them.