tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post115823056757245682..comments2023-10-01T16:53:17.274+01:00Comments on Cicero's Songs: Short ChangeCicerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02090838836212624633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-1158262312506879512006-09-14T20:31:00.000+01:002006-09-14T20:31:00.000+01:00I think that your post is a bit optimistic. The pr...I think that your post is a bit optimistic. The problem with Claire Short is that as you say she is well known as being a 'serial resigner' - but crucially she ended up supporting the attack on Iraq after some absurd dithering.<BR/><BR/>I expect you've heard the joke at that time: 'Claire Short couldn't decide whether she was dove or hawk, so she ended up as a dork'<BR/>Quite frankly, it's a cruel but fair comment on her entire career.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646256918213762642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15037609.post-1158248062620369332006-09-14T16:34:00.000+01:002006-09-14T16:34:00.000+01:00I think you could be right.When the leadership con...I think you could be right.<BR/>When the leadership contest eventually comes around I think we will see the labour party split along these lines, but it will take someone with more authority than Clare Short to get the ball rolling. The thing is I don’t see anyone from this wing of the party with enough gravitas and enough of public profile to serious challenge.<BR/> Now had Robin Cook still been around things might be different, I don’t think he would have won but it would have made for a livelier contest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com