It seems likely that Corbie the Crow will get elected as the leader of the Labour Party. Leaving aside my belief that the Labour Party will never get elected with the Crow at the helm, prompted by a piece in yesterday's Guardian, I do think it quite likely that, in a year or so, both he and the party will wake up to the fact that a leader with prime ministerial potential is needed. The Crow, having successfully swept aside the tainted old guard, will then, being a decent, honourable & unambitious chap, step down, thus opening the way to some bright young thing who might have a chance of winning. If he gets his skates on, in time for the next election.
Before posting, I took a peek at the Crow's entry in wikipedia, which is not inspiring. There is a thin but surprising connection to me through TB through a chap who worked with his weather forecasting brother Piers. Many a pint was quaffed while the chap in question instructed me in some of the mysteries of neural networks. Not sure how respectable his blood line was in that his parents were said to be peace campaigners who met during the Spanish Civil War. Were they in Spain or were they among the gang who hung out for peace for rather too long, along with the otherwise respectable Aldous Huxley? Then, it looks as if he discovered politics in his teens, more or less dropped out of school and then spent his working life as, in succession, a trade union official, a local councillor and (since 1983) an MP. Righties might say that he has never done an stroke of honest work in his life, despite espousing the cause of the workers.
Good record on foreign adventures and nuclear disarmament, but otherwise little of note. Also old, that is to say more or less the same age as me. Is this the sort of chap you want on the bridge of the ship of state? What chance would he have when the heavies of New Labour managed to steer it head on into a gigantic lump of frozen bank, despite being fully paid-up members of the PFI madness (a code word for an originally New Labour project to funnel public money into the hands of bankers).
PS 1: I wonder whether he would back my scheme to flog the Malvinas to the Argies.
PS 2: pleased to read this morning (Friday) that, prompted by a report about world tree loss over the past three millennia, the Crow has pledged that, should he become Prime Minister, he will apologise to the world, on behalf of the three kingdoms, for the destruction of our islands' primeval forests.
Reference 1: http://www.afc.com.au/. I might not be a member of the Labour Party but I did wear the scarf of the crows with pride for some years. Much better than current issue. The picture above is offered by an engaged fan, whatever than might mean.
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