Sexy Ed Miliband...

To have a basic understanding of parties' manifestos. Or at least the ability to understand.
To have the strength of mind to not be swayed my superficial matters such as how attractive/ unattractive a party leader is.

To have the strength of mind to not be swayed my superficial matters such as how attractive/ unattractive a party leader is.

I don't think anyone is swayed by the attractiveness of a candidate, it is highly unlikely to change the political decisions of any individual.
However, if a person puts themselves in the public eye they are going to be photographed. And sometimes the photograph will be funny and unflattering.

Laughing at a stupid photograph of DiCaprio isn't going to make you think he is any worse of an actor.

It is a recorded statistical fact that regardless of content about the debate and pre-conceptions of the people participating in it that the taller the person, the lower their voice, the less they sweat/display nervousness and the more attractive they are the more likely it is that people will think they won the debate.

Awh I just think he's really adorable. He's just a super nerd...whenever I see him I just want to give him a hug

Like that time when he hadn't taken drugs but he'd read a lot about them. Bless him.

I would argue that the qualities you describe would relate to the perception of confidence and dominance as opposed to attractiveness. Of course people want a confident and dominant leader, I don't think there is anything wrong with that.
It isn't like we have a history of attractive Prime Ministers now really is it...

Hang on, you basically agreed with me when you called people ****ing idiots?

I don't think anyone is swayed by the attractiveness of a candidate, it is highly unlikely to change the political decisions of any individual.
However, if a person puts themselves in the public eye they are going to be photographed. And sometimes the photograph will be funny and unflattering.

Laughing at a stupid photograph of DiCaprio isn't going to make you think he is any worse of an actor.

I didn't say those idiots can't vote.

Good for you!

The problem a lot of us have, though, is whether the guy you want to give a hug to because you pity him is fit to run the country.

If he IS elected, in the immortal words of the Sun, will the last person to leave Britain turn the lights off?

I think he is a nice person and to me that is what is important in a leader.

Let's hope yours is a minority view (I think it is).

We need a leader to manage a minority position in parliament (almost certainly), sort out the public finances, grow the economy, fix the NHS and Education systems, win the battle against home grown terrorism, hold the differing parts of the UK together, etc etc etc.

This will require qualities of leadership which may not exist in any man or woman. Judgement, unflappability, toughness, ruthlessness.

What it doesn't require is being "nice."

Do you think Churchill, almost universally regarded as our greatest leader, the man who saved this country and helped free Europe from Nazism was "nice?"

A great leader can't be nice he has to be unpopular sometimes. Oh wait, Miliband qualifies on that score at least!

Churchill was a terrible leader outside of war time... A lot of his decisions lead to the financial crash!

We haven't had a nice leader in decades, and just look at the awful people that have been in power and what it has done to the country... Hence I am willing to give it a try!

We haven't had a nice leader in decades, and just look at the awful people that have been in power and what it has done to the country... Hence I am willing to give it a try!