Forces Minister Alistair Carns

[CloudStuff]

Anybody else quietly impressed by this guy so far?

I mean, I'm no Labour man but I think could be somebody with political leadership potential. Early days though.

He could of course get swallowed up by the machine.

[pheonix478]

Never heard of him. What has he done? (ps no armed forces minister has ever become PM)

[Strangely Brown]

His background makes me surprised that he is a Labour guy.

[hidetheelephants]

The same nonsense was trotted out for Dan Jarvis after he'd been an MP for 5 minutes. Ask again in 12 months.

[DeejRC]

I had dinner with a chap last week, another services gentleman who mentioned him and said he was fairly impressed with him so far. Had to admit, Id never heard of the bloke and had to look him up. Seemed ok, didnt really think much of it.
The Times then ran an article on him last Friday or Sat I think, a fairly mild but positive puff piece and even my wife suddenly commented on saying she thought was ok. Now a PH thread of his very own!

He seems to be very much the flavour of the month. Whether its new messiah complex, just his turn this month or a desperation PR stunt to push a new guy with a good service jacket, I guess we shall see over the next few months and yrs.

[hidetheelephants]

There's an article in the Grauniad too, someone's got an effective PR.

[pheonix478]

I guess if he's not an incompetent, corrupt, tax evading liar with a conviction for fraud, who's grossly inflated his CV, made tenants homeless, illegally rented out his properties and doesn't openly support terrorists he's looking like a pretty decent bloke in this government.

[junglie]

He has always been destined for great things from early in his career.

We worked together for a bit and he is deeply impressive with an incredible, if slightly chilling, CV.

A good chap who will hopefully mirror his military ability in the political world.

[BikeBikeBIke]

https://youtu.be/_GkaA9qAuCE?si=Ly53_u4TCR5jYz7p

He seems excellent, but I fear in a government 20 or 35 years ago he would have been considered average.

[Alickadoo]

Wiki says

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Carns

[JuanCarlosFandango]

First I've heard of him. I suppose the fact he hasn't got in a scrap, been caught defrauding the tax payer or claimed to have been at Waterloo marks him out as one of the less ridiculous ones, but impressed is a stretch.