Haloface
05-03-2008, 04:48 AM
I'm not sure how interested some of you may be, but there's almost as much happening here as in the US, except democracy isn't timetabled over here, it's reactionary.
On May 1st there were local elections in many counties to decide which party gained which local council seat. Brown has had a rocky first year as PM, but most recently while Brown visited America, a backbench rebellion blew up about the 10p tax and general mistakes by Brown the past six months.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7372860.stm
- Unfortunately, like usual, Brown fumbled and made himself look indecisive infront of the country. With the economic woes of todays world, all of these factors combined to give Labour its worst results from May 1st in 40 years. Well, all of this wouldn't have been so bad - though a strong indication of where the wind would blow if a General Election is called, but last night was the vote for Mayor of London, between the Labour candidate Ken Livingstone who's been mayor for 8 years or...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7380947.stm
- Boris Johnstone, the winner, and Conservative candidate, and all round complete and utter twat. This guy is a joke, he's an old Etonian prat who's racist, discriminative, rude and controversial, none of which are in good ways. When asked on his racial policy, he said "I'm down with ethnics..." You could write a book of this guy#s cringe-worthy one liners. He's upset almost every stratum of society and yet, a city of 7 millions with an economy bigger than most mid-sized countries, has ousted labour and brought this guy in.
Rant off. What does this mean? Labour has been shaken to its core. Further confidence has been lost in Brown, the party is divided, and a General Election may be in the offing.
But it#s doubtful one will be called, certainly Labour wouldn't want one as events have shown they would undoubtedly loose. The alternative? Removing Brown who many blame for this, though IMO to be fair general economic conditions and Darling's 10p tax fiasco, are not his fault. He just doesn't have the 'celebrity' and charisma of Blair to smooth it all over.
Anywho, most people are speaking of David Miliband, the young, smart, ambitious Foreign Secretary as successor.
We'll see what the next few months bring. I think, personally, that Labour is splitting at the seams.
Just to bring anyone unfamiliar up to speed. See... non-US politics can be exciting!
On May 1st there were local elections in many counties to decide which party gained which local council seat. Brown has had a rocky first year as PM, but most recently while Brown visited America, a backbench rebellion blew up about the 10p tax and general mistakes by Brown the past six months.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7372860.stm
- Unfortunately, like usual, Brown fumbled and made himself look indecisive infront of the country. With the economic woes of todays world, all of these factors combined to give Labour its worst results from May 1st in 40 years. Well, all of this wouldn't have been so bad - though a strong indication of where the wind would blow if a General Election is called, but last night was the vote for Mayor of London, between the Labour candidate Ken Livingstone who's been mayor for 8 years or...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7380947.stm
- Boris Johnstone, the winner, and Conservative candidate, and all round complete and utter twat. This guy is a joke, he's an old Etonian prat who's racist, discriminative, rude and controversial, none of which are in good ways. When asked on his racial policy, he said "I'm down with ethnics..." You could write a book of this guy#s cringe-worthy one liners. He's upset almost every stratum of society and yet, a city of 7 millions with an economy bigger than most mid-sized countries, has ousted labour and brought this guy in.
Rant off. What does this mean? Labour has been shaken to its core. Further confidence has been lost in Brown, the party is divided, and a General Election may be in the offing.
But it#s doubtful one will be called, certainly Labour wouldn't want one as events have shown they would undoubtedly loose. The alternative? Removing Brown who many blame for this, though IMO to be fair general economic conditions and Darling's 10p tax fiasco, are not his fault. He just doesn't have the 'celebrity' and charisma of Blair to smooth it all over.
Anywho, most people are speaking of David Miliband, the young, smart, ambitious Foreign Secretary as successor.
We'll see what the next few months bring. I think, personally, that Labour is splitting at the seams.
Just to bring anyone unfamiliar up to speed. See... non-US politics can be exciting!