Digby: "We need a directly elected PM"
DIGBY JONES has labelled the Prime Minister a ‘John Sergeant’ figure in a general election campaign that has turned into a TV reality game show.
Writing in his exclusive column for TheBusinessDesk.com, the former trade minister who was appointed to Gordon Brown’s ‘government of all the talents’ said: “You have Vince Cable in his tutu while Gordon Brown is the John Sergeant figure. The only thing missing is Piers Morgan.”
Lord Jones calls for a major reform of the electoral system, insisting that the Primer Minister should be elected directly in a separate ballot of the whole country, and given powers to appoint Cabinet ministers from outside Parliament.
He writes: “I want to see a cabinet made up of people who actually know about the sectors they are asked to take on – people who want to do something for the nation and then perhaps go back into the private sector.”
Describing the current breed of MPs as ‘cannon fodder’, he takes a swipe at the Labour Party’s candidate selection process: “Look at Jack Dromey who happens to be married to Harriet Harmen. At the press of a button he is suddenly the Labour candidate in Erdington.”
- His comment come as TheBusinessDesk.com launched a unique survey of the views of regional business leaders across the UK. 1,000 readers have already completed the survey, which closes tomorrow at noon. Click here to make your views known.
