I\u2019m following up from the leaders of two of the main parties being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman last week. Now please don\u2019t misunderstand, in my view the only party to vote for is the Pet Dogs Democratic Party, but I do have to speak up in defence of Ed Milliband \u2013 as a person, not as a party leader. What\u2019s wrong with being a geek? We live in a world where some of the most important and largest companies are run by geeks, very successfully, why shouldn\u2019t a country be? Take Microsoft, Apple and Google to name but three. What Mr Milliband should have said is that he\u2019s proud to be called a geek! Every time we turn on our computers\u00a0 or pick up our mobile phones we embrace our inner geek. Some do a lot more embracing than others to be fair. Would you rather the country were run by someone who was technologically illiterate and unable to understand the most important aspects of normal society. Not only do we need a society that is free of being dogist, but one that isn\u2019t geekist too. Calling him a geek is a bit like calling me cuddly. There\u2019s nothing wrong with it and it wouldn\u2019t stop me being Prime Minister. It\u2019s time politics was about the policies and the politics and not about personal slights and insults. Ok so being of a more \u2018slim\u2019 build makes him look less able to fight, but I know many big muscular men who are as soft as puppies. We\u2019re not living in an age where the ability to be a muscle man and thug is what determines success, nor should it be the age where he who dishes out the greatest insults succeeds either. Let each stand on their own merits and stand or fall by the policies they have and their record of delivery on those policies \u2013 of course on that basis both of the \u2018main\u2019 parties are ruled out and you really do need to turn to the PDDP as a serious alternative, but that\u2019s beside the point. Oh and by the way, if you want to join, we embrace geekiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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