Doing okay in the polls … has some popular, left wing policies … yet there are questions surrounding the leader’s competence. We’ve heard the story many times before, but on this occasion it’s the Green Party and Natalie Bennett under the spotlight. In late January there was the Andrew Neil interview where she had certain difficulties outlining her party’s position on the citizen’s income. And today was her train wreck with Nick Ferrari on LBC, which you can listen to here if you’re yet to hear it. The thing is, as awful as Ferrari is, his tone was measured (some might say gentle) throughout, and it’s precisely that that made it so devastating. And as we know from Lord Fink and Malcolm Rifkind, the fashion in politics at the moment is to make a mistake and then compound it. Here’s Baroness Jenny Jones helping make Natalie’s day that little bit worse. Continue reading →