He’s right to Chuka it if he can’t take the pressure
THIS week’s esteemed PISH award (Politician In Spotlight Hesitation) is being thoroughly vetted and dispatched to Chuka Umunna, who removed himself from contention to be the next Labour leader after a campaign that lasted about 10-and-a-half minutes.
There has been much speculation that he relinquished his bid to step into Miliband’s brogues because he has skeletons in his closet.
However, the politician denies this, maintaining that his withdrawal was due to the scrutiny and pressure he and his family faced after he announced he was in the running.
Why did this attention come as a surprise? Has he been hiding under a back bench since the beginning of time?
Rightly or wrongly, there is always interest in the personal lives of our top politicians, the very people who regularly trot their families out for photo opportunities and manipulative spin tactics.
In saying that, Chuka’s decision to quit is obviously for the best. A politician who has past indiscretions? Fair enough. No one is perfect.
But one who is naive, shortsighted and doesn’t think things through? No, thanks. We have enough of those already. ● THINGS that make you go, “Mmmmmmm.” The Dalai Lama told an interviewer that he wants to be reincarnated as a “mischievous, attractive blonde woman” so that “people will pay attention to him”.
Good plan. Until you try to remember anything Paris Hilton has ever said.