The last few days have seen the ’second coming of the king’… Well if you are a Newcastle Unitied fan that is!  Yes now ‘our Kev’ is back in charge the good times are bound to come back to St Jame’s Park.

A return to the ‘good times’ is something that is needed outside of the English Premiership.  On both sides of the Altantic new ‘fresh faced’ politicians are coming to the fore.  In Nevada, presidential hopeful, Barack Obama fought a strong campaign to gain 45% of the Democrat vote, nearly catching the Clintons… Put 26th January in your diaries, that’s when South Carolina goes to the polls.  In the UK our very own Nick Clegg is making moves to ‘break the mold of British Politics’  I probably haven’t got the right quote but what the hey it’s all good stuff!

Or is it?  Do we need ‘personality cults’ to define ‘change’.  Our Soceity desperately needs ‘real change.’ Threats from terrorism, organised crime and climate change need a response from the whole global community.  Social problems in my home town are rife throughout the west (homelessness, poverty, drug addiction and family breakdown, to mention some) 

To answer my own question, with my personal opinion, I would say that the need for change comes from the ‘bottom up.’  As a Liberal Democrat I want to see a grassroots movement not just a ‘Westminster club.’ But to leaders are needed as agents of change. I watched on CNN today a documentory on Martin Luther King.  Individuals can make a difference!

So roll on November (President Obama?…) and well? 150 MPs inside of 7 years… that sounds pretty good as well Mr Clegg!