Gaffes and Misjudgements
Blogger Paul Linford did an amusing post last year on the "Top Ten Political Gaffes", and I am grateful to Iain Dale for drawing my attention to the fact that this week he has done a follow-up piece on the top ten political misjudgements
The misjudgements piece can be read at this URL:
http://paullinford.blogspot.com/2007/10/top-10-political-misjudgements.html
The gaffes piece can be read at this URL:
http://paullinford.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-top-10-political-gaffes.html
The list of misjudgements covers statements on major issues of policy and decisions such as whether to call an election. The list of gaffes covers slips of the tongue or errors of presentation, such as one government minister who meant to use the word "cuts" and actually came out with a similar but much ruder word.
Although Paul Linford says that the misjudgements tended to have serious consequences and the gaffes were generally just embarrassing, I would have said that some of the gaffes also had fairly serious impacts on the political credibility and career prospects ot the individuals concerned. WHich just goes to show how careful you have to be in a television age ...
The misjudgements piece can be read at this URL:
http://paullinford.blogspot.com/2007/10/top-10-political-misjudgements.html
The gaffes piece can be read at this URL:
http://paullinford.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-top-10-political-gaffes.html
The list of misjudgements covers statements on major issues of policy and decisions such as whether to call an election. The list of gaffes covers slips of the tongue or errors of presentation, such as one government minister who meant to use the word "cuts" and actually came out with a similar but much ruder word.
Although Paul Linford says that the misjudgements tended to have serious consequences and the gaffes were generally just embarrassing, I would have said that some of the gaffes also had fairly serious impacts on the political credibility and career prospects ot the individuals concerned. WHich just goes to show how careful you have to be in a television age ...
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