Comments on: Election Surprise in Britain

By: Curly

Curly — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:19:26 +0000

Look like the Brown Matrix is heading down the pan then!

By: Philip

Philip — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:13:38 +0000

PM Gordon Brown ponies up some troops for Afghanistan - or he doesn’t - what else is there to watch for?

By: Another Drew

Another Drew — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:56:56 +0000

Wonder what Mrs. Boris is like - I fail to see how we could do worse on that kind of trade?

By: Peg C.

Peg C. — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:38:51 +0000

nk, maybe London would trade with us. Johnson sounds like a kick. Obama has zero sense of humor, besides all his other drawbacks.

By: nk

nk — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:59:26 +0000

So the vitamin-deficient Brits are becoming more conservative and we have Barack The-Squirrel’s-Granary-Is-Full-And-The-Harvest’s-Done Obama as a serious Presidential candidate. Maybe we are provincial. Or is that better “colonial”?

By: Jason in TX07

Jason in TX07 — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:20:02 +0000

One other clarification: While Labour did come in third wrt %age of the overall council vote, they still won (and hold - not all councils had elections) the second largest number of council seats. Similarly, they also still control more councils than the 3d place LDs. For now. And while the Conservatives aren’t the GOP, much less small-c conservatives, it’s a brilliant result given the options that were on offer.

By: Another Drew

Another Drew — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:32:47 +0000

We here in the States call our conservative party (the GOP) the “Stupid Party”; the Tories have kept pace recently being absolutely feckless on serious issues.

By: Daryl Herbert

Daryl Herbert — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:23:00 +0000

But where do the Tories stand on the War on Terror (including Iraq and Afghanistan)?

Where do they stand on the issue of the Islamicization of Britain? It’s one thing not to be best friends with Qaradawi, it’s another to tackle the problem head on (which is to say, to aggressively promote assimilation, British values, and opposing any racism that makes assimilation less likely to take place).

By: Another Drew

Another Drew — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:44:23 +0000

“Parliament” - Sorry!

By: Another Drew

Another Drew — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:43:07 +0000

Yes, this was an election for local council seats, an election in which Labour finished third!
That, plus the loss by Red Ken in London, does not look good for Labour in any upcoming Parlimentary election. Another facet, is that with Scottish Independence and the push to exclude Scottish representatives from Parliment, limiting representation to England and Wales, Labour would decline further since they have gotten big majorities in Scotland, but are a minority in England and Wales (re-enforced further by their losses in this latest election).