According to Norman Lamont “one of the great mistakes that the Thatcherites made is that you could go on being radical forever” I was reading this and it got me thinking about politics in general. Radicalism works in politics. From Obama to thatcher the radicalism of new ideas engage people in politics.

Politics is boring. You watch the news and it is the same old thing day in day out. Government say they are great oppostion say they are not and it goes on and on for years with the same old ideas and faces recycled over and over again. What Thatcher, Blair, PDs and Obama offered/offer is something new. They differ from the old guard. To be part of something new at the beginning is exciting.  But the luster does wear off and eventually like the iron lady blair and probably the PDs it all comes to an end. As you can’t be radical forever as once your radical idea comes into place it is no longer radical, no longer new and no longer exciting.