2025-01-27
For good or ill, change is sorely needed.
But what kind of change?
Well, there would seem to be only one candidate, a former scourge of the EU Commission, in the frame - Nigel Farage.
A consummate politician who (a bit like Trump) appeals to the man in the street rather than to the political hacks and media pundits.
So can "the Nigel" do for British politics what "the Donald" just did for the mighty United States?
Importantly, can he manage as well as politic? Can he mould public opinion as well as reflect it?
Can he outmanoeuvre the Sir Humphreys of this world and set Parliament back on track as the true representatives of their constituents who really do determine policy?
One thing is for sure - if the Civil Service under his premiership retains its "untouchable" status, then failure seems assured. There are enough civil servants in the Cabinet Office alone to run circles around the whole body of MPs in Parliament, not merely the Cabinet.
Yet downsizing them by the required 90% or so might be seen as vindictive ...
