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[kirsten]

Originally Posted by Neutral

It could be far worse, they could be shutting down public amenities, firing teachers, closing disabled charities whilst raising coucillors wages, selling off buildings below worth and making love to a hive of consultants whilst sucking off a developer called stewart

I chuckled.

[Stripey]

Originally Posted by Stichman

Good leaders need charisma.

Sorry but the phrase "Charismatic Leader" does not have good connotations and calls to mind the leadership style of people like Kim Jong Il and Turkmenbashi.

The idea that the mayor of london (or the prime minister for that matter) is in anyway the *leader* of anyone is also pretty wrong. They are civil servants, they are just there as administrators.

[Bear]

Boris isn't a certin or the idiot he acts like. I think he's a very intelligent man with odious right wing views. I think he was elected because the contest was a 'Ken vs Boris' contest and Ken has pissed enough people off, as have Labour.

[pogofish]

Has anyone mentioned Boris's chums Darius Guppy & Conrad Black yet?

[Hugh_Jazz]

Originally Posted by Stripey

Sorry but the phrase "Charismatic Leader" does not have good connotations and calls to mind the leadership style of people like Kim Jong Il and Turkmenbashi.

The idea that the mayor of london (or the prime minister for that matter) is in anyway the *leader* of anyone is also pretty wrong. They are civil servants, they are just there as administrators.

If you don't want your PM to lead, what do you want from him? That's the fucking job and that's what he's elected to do.

[Skull Commander]

Originally Posted by Hugh_Jazz

If you don't want your PM to lead, what do you want from him? That's the fucking job and that's what he's elected to do.

Are they not elected to represent the best interests of the people rather than to lead them?

[Hugh_Jazz]

Originally Posted by Skull Commander

Are they not elected to represent the best interests of the people rather than to lead them?

And I suppose that can be accomplished without effective leadership then??

[Stichman]

Originally Posted by Stripey

Sorry but the phrase "Charismatic Leader" does not have good connotations and calls to mind the leadership style of people like Kim Jong Il and Turkmenbashi.

The idea that the mayor of london (or the prime minister for that matter) is in anyway the *leader* of anyone is also pretty wrong. They are civil servants, they are just there as administrators.

Eh? 'Charisma' is a quality I'd also associate with Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King and Gandhi. Charisma is a positive trait.

Also, the Prime Minister isn't a leader?