[Politics] Who would have been the perfect leader to take us through this pandemic

[Jim in the West]

Several months ago I started to look back fondly on Theresa May's premiership. She was completely out of her depth, but actually seemed to have a few moral principles. To be honest, pretty much anyone would have done a better job than Johnson.

 

[GT49er]

His family call him Alec. Boris is his third name but he chose it deliberately for politics as it’s more user friendly than Alexander.

We learn something new on this thread al the time, don't we? Boris' real first name, who was in charge of BT and Gas privatisations ......................

 

[Mellotron]

It wasn't. But dont let that stop you trying to score cheap political points.

Not exactly scoring points to say something like “the sky is blue”

Ok - which of our recent leaders would’ve been worse, and why?

 

[Uncle C]

Not exactly scoring points to say something like “the sky is blue”

Ok - which of our recent leaders would’ve been worse, and why?

Go and start your own thread

 

[Swansman]

I'd like to think I would completely rock it.

 

[Whitechapel]

It wasn't. But dont let that stop you trying to score cheap political points.

I mean you appear to have changed the question from the title to the final line of the opening post so I’m not sure you can moan about other people changing the question either

 

[Whitechapel]

And I say England’s greatest prime minister was Lord Palmerston.

Pitt the Elder!

 

[Robinjakarta]

Rory Stewart would’ve been miles better. John Major would also have been comfortably better, if you’re wanting to stick to Tory leaders.

I think the question is more “who would’ve been worse?”

I genuinely can’t think of anyone in my lifetime more incompetent, more ill-suited to bring a leader.

Rod Stewart would have been miles better than Bojo

 

[Guinness Boy]

Go and start your own thread

With the hopeful exception of the Coronavirus Good News thread, that's not really how NSC works..............

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

At the time I thought she was evil heartless @#%& without an ounce of compassion, as with many things as one ages our views opinions and tastes evolve I am now in my sixties and with the benefit of hindsight over the intervening years One can reflect as such I now think she was the most evil heartless #**%@ with out an once of compassion who did no lasting good, with no industrial base no British owned motorcar industry same for steel all the oil was sold off and not reinvested (see Norway for how it should have been done) no renewal of the council housing stock which was sold off, the destruction of trades unions the selling off of our assets rail, BT, Gas, Electricity parts of the Post Office, parts of the NHS (see Capita) the throwing of a generation onto the scrap heap with no jobs no hope while allowing free reign to assist stripping money people no one has ever heard of making millions on the backs of the masses, I cannot genuinely think of one thing she got right evil pure evil

I agree on every point absolutely.

 

[B-right-on]

Tony Blair.

He would have invaded China so we'd not be worried about the pandemic that's for sure.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Pitt the Elder!

[emoji1787]I thought if anyone would reply to that it would be you after reading your post on the other thread.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

I would have liked to have seen Marty Feldman have a go at it.

 

[El Presidente]

Of the living ones

May
Cameron
Brown
Blair
Major

 

[Guinness Boy]

Of the living ones

May
Cameron
Brown
Blair
Major

Several of the dead ones couldn't have done worse though/.

 

[Lower West Stander]

I'm tempted to nominate several labour leaders, Attlee obviously but also Brown, who responded really well to the economic crash, plus others. However I think the Thatcherite and libertarians of the press would have absolutely piled in with negative crap if a labour leader tried to take the necessary lock down and border restrictions. Johnson gets pretty much a pass on this, but can you imagine if May was still in power the shit she'd be getting from the ERG and papers like the Telegraph and Express

Brown responded well to the economic crash?

He bloody caused It!


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[Lower West Stander]

I’d add Gordon Brown to those two, he was brilliant, decisive and brave in 2008.

There’s some very odd rewriting of history on here….


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[maltaseagull]

Ok
So you may not be a fan but would he have been a better leader in this Pandemic than the present incumbent?

It's amazing how many experts there are with the benefit of hindsight.
Current leadership has made some significant mistakes, bur do you know for a fact anyone knew better?

 

[Is it PotG?]

As has been said, NSC is not short of its pandemic experts, with or without hindsight.

In fact, I'd go as far to say there are more on here than appear with contradictory views on a daily basic via Auntie Beeb.

 

[Stato]

Brown responded well to the economic crash?

He bloody caused It!


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There’s some very odd rewriting of history on here….


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Irony.