Hugo Horton wins leadership of Liberal Democrats
Has anyone else noticed that there is more than a passing resemblance between Nick Clegg, newly-elected leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, and the bumbling upper class character Hugo Horton as played by James Fleet in Dawn French’s BBC sit-com The Vicar of Dibley?
Clegg was described on the BBC1 ten o’clock news as having been chosen for his ‘youth and passion’, though how the correspondent could draw that definitive conclusion on what Liberal Democrats are looking for in a leader, when Clegg only beat Chris Huhne by an incredibly narrow 500 votes, is beyond me. I can’t imagine this man getting passionate about much of anything. At least, not convincingly. He conveys an image, rightly or wrongly, of being the kind of fella who screams ‘gosh golly, that jolly well hurt, rather a lot, actually’ instead of juicy, real-world expletives when accidentally hitting a nail into his thumb while doing a spot of DIY. But, perhaps, were we to see him talking about stamp-collecting or model trains, there may be a warmer, more involved side to him as yet undemonstrated when he has talked about any subject of relevance to the British people.
tags: leadership, Liberal Democrats, politics, Vicar of Dibley
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