You could never be 'bottom-up' Keith, for the simple reason - clearly evidenced above, that straight away you wish to talk about yourself.
Kinnock, Smith, Thatcher, Blair, Brown;you are character obsessed. Just as Starkey thinks history is all about Kings and Queens, you display your thinking as Politics as all about Party and Party Leaders. Who else but yourself or BarryW could take the Top-down stance?