Lies, Damn Lies

A good results

The counts are in, and Labours won. Great. With a heavily reduced majority. Excellent. Owing mainly to protest votes to liberal democrat. Brilliant! The labour party underestimated the response the war on Iraq would have. Fact is, without that, there was a reasonable chance that they might have sailed through yesterdays election once again, but they, or rather Mr Blair, made that choice.

It is surely obvious that Blair is a hindrance rather than a help to the party- its time to replace him. I have to admit, I was worried that the conservatives would win yesterday, a thought which horrified me, as most conservative gains were were Labour votes had swung to lib dems in lab-cons marginals. But it didn't happen, thank god, and if it had happened it would have been nobody but Blair's fault.

Still, a historic (or an, if you are going to use the slightly antiquated pronounciation that everyone seems to be on the news) third term for Labour, first the party have ever had. What it means, who can tell. Hopefully, it will lead to be better democracy this parliament, with the peoples voice actually mattering because back bench rebellions can finally work. And hopefully it will mean if a war on Iran happens, we will not be part of it.

And the liberal democrats gained 10 seats.... thing is, I don't see how they're really gonna hold that many more. They keep going on about becoming the second party, but whos place are they going to take? Because the people of the left want a left party in power, and they know that party is labour. I think we are tired of being the natural party of opposition.

The big thing I am pleased about is the support for the Make Poverty History campaign. Labour were the first to make noises about this, and both Brown and Blair want to end the suffering in Africa. If we were able to do this, or at least make large steps toward it, this truly would be a century to remember.

posted by Mr K @ 3:36 pm