The British media has gone into an excited "shock, horror "frenzy over the defection of Rochester MP Mark Reckless to UKIP and the exposure of another MP, Brooks Newmark, for having, well, exposed himself on social media to a lady posing as a friend he for some reason thought he would like to have.
As ever the BBC, that organisation who's license payer funded news function should be to deal in facts rather than speculative drama, is in there with the worst of them.
The reality is that the Conservative Party is, or should be, pretty relaxed if it were never to see either of these two gentleman or the previous UKIP defector, Douglas Carswell again. None of them was ever likely to be of great note in any serious party. Their self selection for departure, or in the case of Mr. Newmark, stepping down in the ranks, should be put down as nature taking a desirable course. Their change of status is of no importance or significance.
That's one reality. Hopefully this little flurry will now drop into the "Of little interest" box and focus can move onto real policy issues and the plans for dealing with them on offer in next May's election.
That could be difficult though. Another reality is that it is the lack of exciting big picture visions that the electorate can enthusiastically sign up for (nothing of substance came out of the Labour or UKIP conferences) that makes a bored media run with anything it can get its hands on. If the Tories don't come up with good meaty stuff this week there's only the LibDem conference left to go. No comment needed.
As ever the BBC, that organisation who's license payer funded news function should be to deal in facts rather than speculative drama, is in there with the worst of them.
The reality is that the Conservative Party is, or should be, pretty relaxed if it were never to see either of these two gentleman or the previous UKIP defector, Douglas Carswell again. None of them was ever likely to be of great note in any serious party. Their self selection for departure, or in the case of Mr. Newmark, stepping down in the ranks, should be put down as nature taking a desirable course. Their change of status is of no importance or significance.
That's one reality. Hopefully this little flurry will now drop into the "Of little interest" box and focus can move onto real policy issues and the plans for dealing with them on offer in next May's election.
That could be difficult though. Another reality is that it is the lack of exciting big picture visions that the electorate can enthusiastically sign up for (nothing of substance came out of the Labour or UKIP conferences) that makes a bored media run with anything it can get its hands on. If the Tories don't come up with good meaty stuff this week there's only the LibDem conference left to go. No comment needed.
