Writing for the New Statesman, The Voice’s Mark Pack has picked an unusual role model for the Liberal Democrats:
What Prescott managed to do very successfully as a backbencher in the last years of the Labour government was both be a member of a party in power and also be consistently anti-establishment, especially in his attacks on some in the financial sector – and his mobilising of public support behind his campaigns.
For a party such as the Liberal Democrats who have such a strong tradition of anti-establishment ideology and campaigning, pulling off that combination now is all the more important. Or as Party President Tim Farron put it in a debate later in the day, “Let us become the administration but never, ever the establishment”.
You can read Mark’s full post here.
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That aspect of Prescott is good, but it’s worth remembering quite how ineffectual he was as a cabinet minister and quite how needlessly tribal he is. There are good aspects to that particular politician but there are even more negative ones.
Pretty effective too in going against his leader’s views on the AV question. I always thought that he was underestimated, often on snobbish grounds, as a politician.
Can’t forgive him for his part in the anti-AV campaign though.