Well, that could have been worse...
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smokingbootIt's been an odd election.
John Prescott hasn't hit anyone once.
They wheeled out Baroness Davros to remind us that her favoured son was following in her grand tradition of winnng and winning and winning...
And the Boy Brown knows who wins next.
A chastened Labour Party are cut down to size enough to make arrogance dangerous, yet strong enough to be effective.
The Lib Dems grow; very interesting to see that, though the decapitation strategy was obviously shaky from the start.
This remains a strong Labour seat; whilst it is not how I voted, we could do a lot worse. Meacher's OK.
In our constituency, the BNP took a -9.5% hit. Most excellent!
The only really sour point for me was Bethnal Green's election of the most corrupt disgrace to the principles of socialism I have ever had the misfortune to see in action; How could they do it? I have watched the transcript of his horrible fawning over Saddam Hussein; ('We salute your tenacity!') Does he also salute the rapes and war crimes committed by that dictator and his followers? And Oona King loses her seat to him! Those who voted for him deserve him, and had better be prepared to pay for the privelege, for he likes a bit of cash in the back pocket does old George Galloway.
Still, onwards.
I am so glad to be able to think of other things!
John Prescott hasn't hit anyone once.
They wheeled out Baroness Davros to remind us that her favoured son was following in her grand tradition of winnng and winning and winning...
And the Boy Brown knows who wins next.
A chastened Labour Party are cut down to size enough to make arrogance dangerous, yet strong enough to be effective.
The Lib Dems grow; very interesting to see that, though the decapitation strategy was obviously shaky from the start.
This remains a strong Labour seat; whilst it is not how I voted, we could do a lot worse. Meacher's OK.
In our constituency, the BNP took a -9.5% hit. Most excellent!
The only really sour point for me was Bethnal Green's election of the most corrupt disgrace to the principles of socialism I have ever had the misfortune to see in action; How could they do it? I have watched the transcript of his horrible fawning over Saddam Hussein; ('We salute your tenacity!') Does he also salute the rapes and war crimes committed by that dictator and his followers? And Oona King loses her seat to him! Those who voted for him deserve him, and had better be prepared to pay for the privelege, for he likes a bit of cash in the back pocket does old George Galloway.
Still, onwards.
I am so glad to be able to think of other things!
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Date: 2005-05-06 11:35 am (UTC)Though pretty much all the politicos were fawning over Hussein... they just highlighted Galloway to try and make an anti war stance seem pro-saddam....
Galloway
Date: 2005-05-06 01:05 pm (UTC)After that, Galloway's own behaviour was all I needed. I don't know of any politicos who fawned to the same degree - there were handshakes over trade agreements in the 80s and 90s, agreements that helped Saddam's rise to power, and these were a disgrace. But George Galloway goes beyond all that. In my opinion this man is a dangerous crooked little shit.
Re: Galloway
Date: 2005-05-06 03:15 pm (UTC)Oh thats true enough!
Mind you mr Hislop et all would probably say
politician = dangerous crooked little shit.
Mebbe im just so cynical I expect it from all of them now!