We must have an Obama out there somewhere?

On the political horizon, although a date hasn’t yet been set, a General Election is looming, with the banter among MPs already in full swing in their pursuit to win the parliamentary throne.

However, from what I read and see in newspapers, online or on TV, the country seems to be in a state of uncertainty.

I was watching the 10 o’clock news a couple of days ago and saw an interesting feature by the BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson.

He was spending the week with a ballet box attached to the roof of his car travelling across the country doing what he called ‘our totally unscientific quest to take the pulse of the British electorate.’

First stop on his road trip was Cardiff posing the question: "Do you want five more years of Labour?"

It was a simple question, with an even simpler answer, but the angst on people’s faces when they were asked to tick the box marked yes or no was obvious to say the least.

Alarmingly for Labour many answers were no, however, some individuals found the question so hard they drew their own box in the middle placing a question mark in it.

When Mr Robinson quizzed the voter on this their response was: “I don’t really want Labour to continue but I don’t want that other lot getting in either.”

Nick Clegg can kid himself as much as he wants but you don’t have to be a political boff to know he isn’t talking about the Liberal Democrats, as much as some people might not like it, this will be a two horse race between the red of Labour and the blue of the Conservatives.

Now I am no expert in the world of politics so it would be wrong for me to criticise these parties on their plans to get this country out of crippling debt, the state of our schooling system or the meltdown of universities.

Much like I don’t really know a huge amount about American politics either.

But do you know what I’d feel a damn sight safer having Mr Obama in charge. It might not be running so smoothly for him at the moment but he does make the right noises and has a fair amount of responsibility since he is ‘the most powerful man on earth.’ It is arguably the hardest job on the planet.

Nearer to home our MPs just squabble among themselves in a battle of who has the biggest cajones (Spanish for balls), whereas at least Obama is getting on with it even if people don’t necessarily like what he says.

Although, sometimes it’s not even what he says, he has most people eating out the palm of his hand even before he opens his mouth – and why is that? His charisma, his aura, his presence.

There are 646 MPs in this country; one of them must have some of those things because I bet you if they did half the battle would be won.

I look at Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg and I don’t get any of those feelings from them.

Dare I say it, Tony Blair had something about him until he got lost up George Bush’s backside; we forgot what he looked like, and then they marched into war hand in hand. What a mistake that was!

And that’s why our country is in a state of uncertainty. None of these men have gained the trust of the public because no one really likes or respects them – and that’s where Obama differs.

So will the British Obama please stand up - your country needs you!