Jon Stewart gives his unique take on the situation in Europe....and makes Nick Griffin look very stupid...
more about "To End The Week…", posted with vodpod
Jon Stewart gives his unique take on the situation in Europe....and makes Nick Griffin look very stupid...
Morning,
So that’s that. The PLP decided to blow their big chance and have decided that several decades of opposition, (and by that probably not even the official opposition) to both the Tories and the Lib Dems is what they prefer to have, rather than use this window of opportunity to blow Chairman Brown out of that window. What is there to lose, things couldn't get worse, at 15% and below UKIP. How can Wales have gone Tory? Good grief, only 8% voted Labour in the entire south-east. YouGov says Labour has to get 20% more to win. It looks virtually impossible. That's what realists in the parliamentary Labour party said tonight – but everyone else decided that banging their desks was a better idea… They bottled it.
Obviously, Chairman Brown is not Labour’s only problem, however as much as his supporters hate to admit to it, he is their biggest obstacle to recovery and salvation. Perhaps it is too late as it is, and throwing someone in now, would say more in regards of how panicky the party is rather than keeping the status quo. However, something fundamental with Brown’s way of working must change, and change quickly – but he has already had 18 months to change his style, and nothing has changed. Labour’s own share of opinion polls – were already down some four points even before Brown took over the ship. He should have taken up the idea of the snap election, when he had the chance in the Autumn of 2007 – but he defended not going to the country by saying that he needed time to set out his vision. Not much has come out…why should people expect that to change now…
Rather damning…
Guido amongst others are reporting that Chairman Brown is meeting activists in East Ham this afternoon. No doubt a different sort of welcoming committee will be waiting for him…
He was supposed to be meeting them from 4pm, however this has been moved forward to 3.15pm. Shows me, that he is running scared of the electorate…oops he never was elected…
Already activists are angry with the e-mail inviting young actvists to the photo call, calling it more spin. More desperado politics…
The Euro results are announced from 6pm this evening. Expect Labour to get thumped, probably into fourth place…
Rob :(
Evening,
I have seen enough.
I think that we have reached that critical mass point, where the leader of a democratic country must realise that for all the smugness and showiness that leaders can show, in the end the voters opinions’ matter more than anyone. That is what we have seen in the local elections this week, and no doubt we will see similar results tomorrow night in the European Elections.
The booing of Chairman Brown this afternoon, by veterans at the D-Day commemorations in Normandy had the sense of that moment arriving.
We have seen in recent days, certain ministers resigning for one reason or another, but what we have seen today is the first shows of outright disdain from people towards Brown. That the shows of anger towards Brown came from the very same people whom 65 years ago, this weekend were on the beaches of Northern France fighting to rid Europe of the horrible fascism, that is threatening to crawl itself back into mainstream politics, should speak volumes to Brown’s handlers. The sounds were loud and clear…
As I alluded to last night, the way that Brown has parachuted more and more unelected bastards into cabinet office stinks to high heaven. One person that I failed to note last night was the Prince Of Darkness. Oh yes. Chairman Brown has promoted Mandy to the office of First Secretary of State – in de facto terms, Deputy Prime Minister. Fucking hell, what a fucking joke of a democracy this country is, when the second most powerful politician in the country is an unelected fucking lord. And this is from a government who wanted to abolish the House of Lords…hypocrisy of the highest order…
Let it be clear to everyone. Mandy owns Gordon Brown to a degree greater than any influence he ever had over Tony Blair, even though Blair once said that the New Labour project would be complete, when Labour MPs accepted and liked Mandy. In one way he is in a far more powerful position as of now than Chairman Brown himself. The only reason Mandy did not take the title of Deputy PM, is to be blunt that Harman would almost certainly would have walked since that title was, much to her annoyance, denied to her. The last thing that Chairman Brown would have needed is another stiletto in his back…
It is Mandy’s responsibility that Brown is still in office, as it is known that he personally contacted Blairites within the cabinet to implore them to stay where they were and to publically support Chairman Brown. Seems like someone disobeyed her orders from her master…
It is reported in one Sunday tabloid that e-mails leaked to the paper in question state that Mandy believed that Brown could never win an General Election. So why the fuck is he propping him up right now? He knows, like we do, that he can not hold a candle in comparison to Blair before him. He knows that Brown as of this moment is a broken man. See that press conference from last night, which was overshadowed by Flint’s resignation. He seemed utterly destitute, unable to hide the pain of being seen as what he is. A failure…the torture that Brown is continuing to endure must surely stop soon…who has the balls to turn that life support off…
Oh and before I forget, Mandy’s new title is First Secretary of State and Lord President of the Council, the Baron Mandelson, of Foy in the county of Herefordshire and Hartlepool in the county of Durham.
Fucking representative of the Labour voter, well what’s left of them…
Rob :(
Not my words, but the words of Oasis frontman and all round icon Noel Gallagher.
Click the video to see what he is thinking. All to reminiscent of the last days of Conservative rule...
Morning,
Just been down to my polling station here in Folkestone, a few people there casting there vote – the general perception being that regardless who you vote for the government always gets in. As if that has always been the case…
There is a viewpoint, not popular though that with Cabinet Ministers resigning en masse in recent days that Labour, or more particularly Chairman Brown, might get some form of a pity vote. The thinking behind it is that with Labour only expected to get say 15% of the national share of the vote, more Labour voters might feel inclined to go out and support their beleaguered leader. Saying that though, even if they were to get 18% of the national vote, by historical standards it would be a fucking disaster…
Perhaps if they were to get, say the aforementioned 18%, Downing Street could spin it, rightly or wrongly that it was a better result than was expected. Would they dare do that, though? That in itself would say everything…
I will not be posting that much today as I am due to be having a minor op to remove a cyst from my neck this afternoon, hence why I am off work for the rest of the week. That it coincides with the elections, is a happy coincidence. I will be able to stay up and listen to Auntie’s coverage of the results later tonight. Fantastic!
Probably will do some mobile blogging, once I am out of surgery.
Rob :)
Firstly, I think I need to say that we will see that the turnout for elections in general will be far higher than what we were thinking some weeks ago. I believe that we will see in the UK, turnout will be about 43%, though as I said earlier this could be even higher, possibly nudging 50%. I expect turnout will be highest down here in the South-East, where I can see Labour being blown away completely – thus getting no seats at all down here. That would cause meltdown in its own right…
As for the national vote, I think the big story won’t just be how low Labour’s vote goes to, but the rise of those parties on the Right (UKIP) and Left (Green), and the sad realisation of Labour’s disaffected working class voters possibly going to the B*P – as a direct consequence of the percieved pandering by Labour towards minorities and one in particular – the big elephant in the room, being ignored by the mainstream parties is, I fear about to make its presence known. I suspect they could get a seat in the North Of England. I hope I am wrong.
Here is my prediction of the National Share of the vote…
LAB: 15% CONS: 27% LIBS: 17% UKIP: 16% GREENS: 13% B*P 5% OTHERS: 8%
Though again, I would not be at all surprised if Labour ended up fourth nationally, which would be as bad as it could get for Chairman Brown…
Whatever happens tomorrow and over the weekend, he will be doing very well if he is still Prime Minister by this time next week, and if he is still there by then, then I would expect him to be there by time a General Election comes round…and you think these elections are going to be bad…
Dear Gordon,
Over the last 12 years in government, and before, you have made an enormous contribution to this country and to the Labour Party, and this is very widely acknowledged.
However we are writing now because we believe that in the current political situation, you can best serve the Labour Party and the country by stepping down as party leader and prime minister, and so allowing the party to choose a new leader to take us into the next general election.
Yours,
XXXX
If you are a Labour MP and reading this, send your support for the above to signonnow@hotmail.co.uk
You would be doing the country and the party a service…