Tale of two videos

Miliband does not look convincing

Political leadership these days demands great presentation skills and a feel for the camera knowing that you are putting your face into millions of living rooms, Tony Blair had a natural ability to communicate, Gordon Brown has a natural ability to switch me off, but what of David Miliband and David Cameron?

It’s possible that the two could be facing each other after the end of Brown’s ill fated government.

Take a look at these two videos, first we see South Shields MP and Foreign Secretary David Miliband campaigning in Crewe and Nantwich, then we see Conservative Leader David Cameron talking to the Institute of Directors.

Who looks the more natural to you? (I have to be open and admit that I think our own MP always appears to be comfortable within himself when I watch him on the television, but that does not necessarily mean I am comfortable with his communicative ability - a bit wooden at times, or has he just convinced himself of the futility of this particular exercise?)

David Miliband in Crewe

David Cameron at the Royal Albert Hall

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