On Sat, 03 May 2008 10:08:14 GMT, Palindrome wrote:
>The Todal wrote:
>> As a left winger and one who voted for Ken, I must say I was rather
>> impressed by Boris's victory speech which was superior to what most
>> politicians come up with. Certainly superior to Thatcher's cliched Francis
>> of Assisi speech all those years ago.
>>
>> Boris is a more intelligent and well educated person than any of the rival
>> candidates and has the sort of honesty that George Bush pretends to have.
>> I'm now glad that he won. But surely it has nothing to do with Gordon Brown,
>> who shouldn't be expected to bear the blame for this particular result.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Of course it has to do with Gordon.
>
>IIRC, it only would have needed fifty or so thousand people to have
>ticked the Labour box instead, to have left Ken in place.
>
>IWTT you could find that number, and more, in London - simply from those
>(and their friends and relatives) whose pay packets are now lighter as a
>result of the 10p debacle.
>
>Then, apart from what he has done - there is all the things he doesn't
>appear to be doing anything about. Not one single initiative for people
>to look at and think - "Coo, what a great idea, thanks".
>
>Such as, pulling out of Iraq and restationing the same forces at Camp
>Navistar, just over the border. Still less than 50km from Basra. Where
>our soldiers could have a half-way reasonable life, go into town
>shopping, have family out to visit, etc. But still close enough to come
>to the aid of the Iraqi forces, if called upon.
>
>Such as capping UK domestic energy price annual rises using windfall
>taxes on the Oil companies.
>
>Such as tearing up the unequal US-UK extradition agreement, unless the
>US matches it.
>
>etc
You are right - I was talking to a chap in the pub - he had previously
been a fireman - member of FBU - voted labour in the past. He had
had dealings with the local labour councilor - who has been in place
for about ten years - and said he was very good.
He was however going to vote Tory as a protest to the Government for
all the reasons you have mentioned.
I suspect that there were many like minded people |