Watching A Film Clip Of Kemi Badenoch The Thought..

[sandyRoe]

... came to mind: Where are the patrician leaders of tomorrow?  I'm thinking of stout fellows like Harold McMillan or Anthony Eden.

Jacob Rees-Mogg seemed for a while to be of that ilk , but time showed him to be no more than a simulacrum of the real thing.

 

[Atheist]

'ere; What's a similar crum?

[Canary42]

I agree - as I've bemoaned here several times before, where are the Giants of Yesterday (all parties, except perhaps LibDems🤣).

[Canary42]

P.S.Eden wasn't up to much, he crumpled when Uncle Sam attacked him over Suez.

[Buenchico]

Perhaps there's still time for BoJo (Eton & Oxford), David Cameron (Eton & Oxford) or even Kwasi Kwarteng (Eton & Cambridge) to fill the role?
 

Otherwise Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (a.k.a. Richard Drax) could pop his head out from Charborough House to seek re-election to Parliament:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Drax
With a listing in Burke's Peerage and an early education at Harrow he's at least partially qualified for the role.  However his studies at Royal Agricultural College, rather than Oxbridge, might push him down the list a bit.

[Buenchico]

A comeback for Michael Portillo, perhaps?

Time for Dominic Cummings to seek election, maybe?

[cashier]

Been syaing this for years there is nobody with any real statesman qualities, or presence.

[sandyRoe]

Drax, former guards officer, posh as posh can be, he'd grace the portals of Number 10.

[tomus42]

Despite being a lefty, I've been quite impressed by how Badenoch presents herself. She seems like a serious person at least.

[douglas9401]

Oh, Tomus. 😂

[davebro3]

Politicians these days are much more exposed to the public gaze via main stream media & social media. It's hardly surprising that their flaws are more easily recognised, inducing our scepticism.

[fiveleaves]

There are very few politicians in Britain who you could call statesmen. Very few with any oratory skills and some who cant even formulate a cogent argument.

Politicians often dont have a clear political vision everything is viewed in a  too short termed way. Mainly about trying to win the next election.

[William51]

 It appears all over the world the young are getting into politics. What we oldies are used to is now different and politicians not having knowledge and experience does not matter now.

[tomus42]

I was thinking of previous Tory leaders Douglas. It's quite a low bar.