The Labour leadership is preparing to argue that Corbyn was much closer to the centre of gravity of public opinion than Cameron.
In short the centre of gravity of public attitudes seems to be moving towards the Conservative position: a growing public appetite for reducing the powers of the EU, especially on whom we allow to live in Britain, but not for quitting altogether.
François Hollande missed the moment of truth in the summer of 2012 by failing to warn the French of the gravity of public finances he discovered once he took office.
Some found the harsh light unnerving, while to others, the public spotlight seemed somehow appropriate, given the gravity of the public's business being conducted inside.
Specifically, the constitutionality of a seizure turns upon "a weighing of the gravity of the public concerns served by the seizure, the degree to which the seizure advances the public interest, and the severity of the interference with individual liberty"...
Consideration of the constitutionality of such seizures involves a weighing of the gravity of the public concerns served by the seizure, the degree to which the seizure advances the public interest, and the severity of the interference with individual liberty.
For support, Moore quotes the Supreme Court's recent holding in Illinois v. Lidster: "in judging reasonableness we look to 'the gravity of the public concerns served by the seizure, the degree to which the seizure advances the public interest, and the severity of the interference with individual liberty.'" See id. at 11, quoting 540 U.S. 419, 426-27 (2004).
The gravity of the public concern with highway safety that is implicated by this case is, of course, undisputed.
He gets light-headed; he starts to enjoy himself; he teases the hard-won gravity of his public persona and even his themes; he becomes a grinning, effervescent shadow of his renowned self.
"We basically took a view that they were so far gone and in a sense this was a very sobering statement of how much, below the surface, over the previous 10 years, the centre of gravity of Scottish public opinion had shifted in favour of the idea of independence," he says.
Now that you are a nationally known television personality, do you feel the gravity of the public profile you now hold?
