Always of great interest, often humorous, but deadly serious your column is not only informative, but also makes us think.

Two small quotes are well worth the whole paper.
- One: UKIP immigration policy, I have emailed my letter previously.

- Two: The Liberal Democrats election proposal:

For once Ming Campbell has a long awaited very logical point: General Elections should definitively be set on fixed terms of office. A five years term would be excellent.
France is a good example, among others, where the President is elected for 5 years, General Election concurrent now with the National Assembly’s (Parliament). (Five years is also the legislature’s mandate, as so the two terms are to run concurrently. A unique General Election theoretically gets creditable voters’ turnover, keeping public disruption to a minimum, not neglecting the obvious reduced overall cost).
An imperative point should be that the Prime Minister elected should not be able to pass on his cap without having completed his or her mandate to the full: Brown is a perfect illustration.
If the PM has to move on to spend time with his family (or to pursue his utopic boyish dream of being the Mick Jagger for Europe) a General Election should be called at once.
Imagine PM Cameron passing the baton to Zac Goldsmith: To periphrase a classic front-page issue of The Sun, “Would the last person living the Country turn the lights off”
Sadly (for them) this proposal is not enough to rend the Lib. Dem. “electable”, thanks to their kamikaze Tax policies.

Tuesday 9th October 2007

Louis de Monreand