Last week in the East-End of Glasgow, Gordon Brown's political career was dealt a fatal blow when Labour lost one of the strongest seats in the UK. Having been held (without waver) for 90+ years, the Labour party were confident they would win! However, the independence party (SNP) thrashed Labour to within an inch of it's life. Going on holiday, Gordon Brown left his close allay David Milliband MP (Foreign Secretary) who once Gordon had turned his back, stuck a knife right in it! Having produced a newspaper article detailing the future of the Labour party, not mentioning Gordon in any shape or way, he initially denied challenging the leadership of the party before going on a bizarre 48 hour 'tour', which was clearly a leadership challenge! So, R.I.P. Gordon Brown's career. Not quite dead, but potentially on life support system and brain dead right now partly due to the fact that once Gordon returns from holiday (oh, how relaxing for him) he will be off to China for the Olympic games! If anyone wonders how stupid that move is, then this seems very similar to Margaret Thatchers visit to Paris for a few days in the last days of her leadership. Whilst away the plotters ended her career in what was called 'The night of the long knives'. Given that there is very little chance of Labour winning the next General Election, I think they should name this leadership contest 'The night of the short straws!' ;-)
At least they didn't lost the seat to the Conservatives, that would have been embarassing. Pity the Lib Dems have lost all the carisma they had so we will be stuck with toff boy cameron who is going to be a lot worse then Blair was.
You'd be suprised. There are a lot of people that are doing quite well out of labour being in power. It's unlikely they'll let their gravy train disappear for the long term good of the country.
Even they know their number is up! Why do you think that there hasn't been a rush to declare candidates as potential challengers to Gordon Brown's leadership? They know full well that if they do so now, gain the leadership an call and election their term in office would be brief. I have to ask my Milliband, a usually incredibly bright individual threw his hat into the ring? If Labour even consider the utility & enery company windfall tax, they'll have lost support in that industry. They've already lost a huge amount of support in the financial & services industries, I don't think there can be a Union in the land keen to keep Brown. Teachers are entrenched in bitter fueds about pay and this stupid SATS row, the Police & fire brigades detest Brown, whilst the NHS staff are sick to the back teeth of labours continual tinkering and failing PFI. There is probably not an estate agent in the land happy to retain Labour, what with the slump and the stupid proposals for those stupid surveys (are they even introduced or are we still in pilot (lets ditch it) mode? Should I even bother mentioning the military & naval forces, who under Blair and Brown has suffered insufficient funding and support? Whomever is gaining from Labour it must be a small minority and I doubt whether they'd have sufficient influence to persuade the British public that Labour can be trusted. If they win the next general election it will be on the narrowest of margins and NOT with Brown at the helm. :noooo:
I reckon Labour won't win even if they did change their leader. A move that would probably have to force a general election anyway. When (not if) the Conservatives get in, I hope they abolish this stupid Human Rights act, and restore a bit of common sense.
The risk is that IF (because who can tell what David Cameron and his minions will say / do / promise between now and election day) the Conservatives get back into power, that you'll see a huge North / South divide. At present the Conservative Party will have no chance of having any real representation in Scotland, so it could force the referendum on Independence! I think Conservatives would also have a hard task in Wales at present.
Well, I'm viewing British politics from the other side of the world, but it does seem we have a choice(I can still vote!) between the rudderless ship of Brown or Cameron which is one ship with a destination I don't like. I can't imagine the turnout for the next election being very high.
Abolishing the human rights act would be pretty far fetched seeing as its EU law + the fact its only relatively recently been incorporated anyway. Which part of it in your opinion is stupid? Personally I think Milliband as pm would be the best option for the country. I'm not sure the Conservatives are any more competant than Labour anyway.
I m still in the Red camp but only just, the torys are just well a bit bland. Lib Dems just there to make the numbers up (however they did vote against the Manc congestion charge which was nice). As For Scotland the quicker they leave us the better.
Let Ireland become one nation again. A Nation Once Again And maybe let the Highking back in Ireland as a constitutional kingdom, and well then it would be up the highprince to choose his own destiny of course. And well, it should be up to The local Irish too. But if you have a constitutional kingdom , then it means the royal family has no right of voting. But he would have diplomatic immunity .
I would like the UK to invade Denmark. And possibly Norway. Then we will get free bacon. And giant dogs.
Taucias, that will luckily never happen. And the dog Granddanois is by the way not from Denmark at all, but probably Germany if not Assyria where Iraq is now located. But the Broholmer is by the way older than snot from a snob who has one billion pound sterling in his bank. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broholmer But a big Norwegian dog... hmmm the Norwegian buhund ? lol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Buhund I would call that normal sized dog. But why should UK invade Denmark ? so they should make me shut up ? or was it in some way related to my A Nation Once Again link ? After all the UK doesn´t want Northern Ireland, but at the same time you won´t give Northern Ireland back to Eire where it rightfully belong in my mind anyway. And a British lawyer I once met who felt the exact same way. So your post makes less sense, than my statement about putting the highprince in, as an irish king in a constitutional kingdom. Which UK is too by the way and Denmark for that matter. So your remark , doesn´t offend me. It makes me laugh, since it doesn´t make alot of sense really.
