He who can't lead shall fall...

With great powers come great responsibility. Sure, we heard that from a movie but nevertheless, it is very true. If one can not lead his group the right way they are bound to give up on him. And, this is what Brown's parliament ministers are doing to him by resigning one after the other as stated in this article.


Brown is so interdependent on his group that the resigning of his ministers is making his position as the Prime Minister a very shaky one. Even though they are known as the labor party, the resignation of any one puts the group in a delicate position and loses the people's trust who voted for them in the first place.

Brown has been making one mistake after the other by not communicating effectively with his ministers. In order for him to have a successful government, he needs the full support of the group which he has not been able to and so they want him to resign. Purnell's decision to quit the government may have been a risky one and he also claimed that "I now believe that your continued leadership makes a Conservative victory more, not less, likely. That would be disastrous for our country,"for Brown. This line quoted by him is not taken lightly as he was a potential rising star in the political world.

Chancellor Alistair Darling and Foreign Secretary David Miliband are two such people who measure the rewards that they get from the group. As quoted," Chancellor Alistair Darling and Foreign Secretary David Miliband are keen to stay in their heavyweight posts -- and could cause trouble if he ousts them." This puts pressure on Brown which he has to handle the pressure that he is getting form the remaining ministers now that he has to re-shuffle the Cabinet.


All in all, Brown's hold on his ministers is not very strong, as during the reshuffling of the cabinet, could either prove successful or a bad move for him because due to that, his ministers will make their move. They will either go against him and further force him to resign or give him the support he needs to stay on in the labor group.

According to opinion polls, it is said that the Labor are behind the rest of the parties. Now, do you think it would be wise for him to continue as the PM knowing that the members of his own group want him to resign. OR should he just ignore all that, keep re-shuffling and carry on?
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Signs, signs and more signs...

Signs are seen everywhere and used in our daily lives. These signs show/give a message non-verbally. For example, The "plane" sign. It shows us that the airport is ahead or in that particular direction that we are going to. But, the sign when shown to some who has never seen it before, will interpret it as an airplane as nth else. Many of us understand this sign as it is suppose to mean as it's interpretation is socially agreed upon and thus we just follow it. However, those of us who do not know the interpretation of the sign, will just attach our own meaning to the sign.



Some of the more common signs, as shown above, are those that we use more commonly in our daily lives. These signs are mostly used when we either want to repeat what we have just said or use it as a substitute for what we want to say. For example, when we are asked how we liked something, we say good. But when the person does not hear us and repeats the question, we just repeat the good for a thumbs up and the message is sent to the person. Many a times, when we are just too lazy to use words to say a point, we just substitute those very words into various signs like okay and that way. There are many other such signs that we are creating now a days and also using the same ones for different means.

Sound. Very often used to agree or disagree. Like the following:
Do you want the pen??
"Hmm"
You do not agree do you?
"Hmm"
That is a no?
"Hmm"

The "hmm" could either mean a yes or a no but we tend to interpret it the way want it to be. The way we communicate with a baby is also non-verbal and we use sounds to send message both ways. If the baby is happy with what your doing with him, he smiles. But if you upset the baby, he wails.



Jumping up and down shows that one is happy about a certain thing and sitting on in a corner by yourself shows that your either feeling down or lonely. These body signs are another way of communicating our feelings across. Of all the signs, body language is the one that is the most obvious. It is the first thing that a person sees to interpret you. If your slouching, one would think that you can not be bothered to talk to people and want to be left alone. However, it could also be interpreted as something else.

Various ways to interpret a sign and various ways to show it. Which way is the most important way to bring across a point? Should one sign only have a single meaning to it? Hmmmm....