Not cool, just Britannia

So this is the week that New Labour died after a long illness bravely borne by the British people. Toll Labour's death-knell, then, and let us bury the mad, bad delusions. Bury them deep, with a stake through the heart just to be certain.

How far we have come since the days of Cool Britannia. From Blair to Brown, boom to bust, show biz to no biz.

Let's have business as usual. Let's conduct our politics as we used to. Cabinet government and Parliamentary democracy. Untelegenic, educated ministers with integrity who understand how the world really works. Independent civil servants without party allegiance. Boring, honest politics to help us undo the spinning, spad-ridden, quangocratic damage of the past twelve years.

2010.