played labour

[stez]

i predict something along the lines of 'its only the local elections' or 'many governments lose popularity between elections wait until 2010'

or if they're feeling humble: 'we must listen to the general public,

then ignore them

'

[LeeCovFox]

Generally local elections aren't much to go by. These results certainly won't be reflected in any meaningful way come the next general election, which given current polling, won't be until 2010. Labour does better in general elections than in local elections whilst the opposite is true of the Liberal Democrats. There is little hope for the Lib Dems. When the Conservatives are doing well, the Lib Dems suffer. Many natural Tory voters find the Lib Dems to be a palatable protest vote when times are tough for their own party, a trend which is partly responsible for the good showings given by the third party at the last three general elections. Natural Labour voters will tend to vote for independent or socialist candidates when their own party is struggling, as they tend to find it dificult to vote for the Lib Dems who are strong proponents of a free market economy.

The Conservative vote last nigt, though, cannot be ignored. It does show that people are beginning to see them as a viable alternative for national government. Perhaps they are, perhaps not. The historical ideological divide of right versus left no longer exists. Thatcher and Blair are both responsible for this. Thatcher made socialism look out of touch and a little ridiculous in the national collectiv conscience, whilst Blair turned his party from a left wing organisation into a social democrats. This proved popular wth the electorate in many ways, so Cameron's Conservatives have followed suit, leaving this country with two major social democratic parties, both pretty much indistinguishable from eachother. The current government is suffering from a downturn of economic fortunes, an event which tends to occur on a cyclical basis, a hangover from Blair's Iraq war, Brown's Perceived, but non-existent socialist values, and from being in power for more than a decade. The Conservatives are benefiting from all of this, as well as the "Blair effect" which David Cameron seems to have perfected in terms of his media and oratory skills, and the appearance that, in huge contrast to just a few years ago, they are the party of the young, the are fresh, and are run by the young, with politicians such as Cameron, Osborne ably helped by the popular and experienced heads of Hague and Clarke.

If a general election were to be held tomorrow, I would expect a Conservative victory, but certainly not by the margin suggested by last nights results (which are reflective of a Conservative majority in the low to mid 100s). Current polling suggests a Conservative victory in a general election, with a majority of anything between 40 and 100. Whether this will actually be the case remains o be seen, and is largely dependent on economic factors. The electorate tend to vote with their back pockets. They will vote for whoever they feel will leave them with more loose change. As yet, the Tories have offered no policies which suggest that they will be the party that will do this. They have relied on Labour's difficulties for their current popularity in large part.

Personally, in a general election I will vote Labour, and will continue to do so, so long as there are grass roots canadidates and a handful of MP's who are minded to represent the working majority of the nation. I am of the mind now that nationally no such representation will ever emerge again. The two main parties are social democrats along the European model, and the Lib Dems have always been this way. It is ironic that it seems to be the policies of the Alliance, a coalition much derided for lacking just that by the two main parties, that hold sway in modern UK politics. National politics are now centrist and based on consensus politics to the extent that at the top of the major organisations there is little difference.

[l444ry]

Prime Minister Takes McFlurry Mandate

Gordon Brown is to become the first leader of the 'McPolitics' party after he was expelled from Labour for being Britain's 'worst ever' Premier.

Mr. Brown has dragged down the already tarnished image of the Labour party and earned the nicknames 'Incapability Brown' and 'Mr Bean' after a disastrous spell in Downing Street.

Burger chain McDonalds welcomed him as the first leader of their party which aims to win the next election with a 'McFlurry' of radical reforms.

Spokesman Mr Ronald McDonald said: 'We're going to win back the streets by forcing convicted criminals to work in the kitchen of our Peckham branch for a day. Further offending will result in half and hour sitting in the restaurant.

'Our restaurants are well known for their sparkling hygiene and we are going to bring these standards to Britain's filthy hospitals with an army of shuffling 'McCleaners' carrying those funny silver dustpans on poles.

'We also have novel plans to use the waste products from operations to create a profit.'

Mr McDonald said Mr. McBrown was the perfect leader of the McPolitics party.

'Many people have said flipping burgers would have been his best career choice,' he explained.

'Just like our burgers, he is of artificial appearance, completely tasteless and leaves one wishing they had made a different choice.'

Mr. Brown was unavailable for comment as he was flying somewhere nice and warm to talk about global warming for a bit.

[LeeCovFox]

Prime Minister Takes McFlurry Mandate

Gordon Brown is to become the first leader of the 'McPolitics' party after he was expelled from Labour for being Britain's 'worst ever' Premier.

Mr. Brown has dragged down the already tarnished image of the Labour party and earned the nicknames 'Incapability Brown' and 'Mr Bean' after a disastrous spell in Downing Street.

Burger chain McDonalds welcomed him as the first leader of their party which aims to win the next election with a 'McFlurry' of radical reforms.

Spokesman Mr Ronald McDonald said: 'We're going to win back the streets by forcing convicted criminals to work in the kitchen of our Peckham branch for a day. Further offending will result in half and hour sitting in the restaurant.

'Our restaurants are well known for their sparkling hygiene and we are going to bring these standards to Britain's filthy hospitals with an army of shuffling 'McCleaners' carrying those funny silver dustpans on poles.

'We also have novel plans to use the waste products from operations to create a profit.'

Mr McDonald said Mr. McBrown was the perfect leader of the McPolitics party.

'Many people have said flipping burgers would have been his best career choice,' he explained.

'Just like our burgers, he is of artificial appearance, completely tasteless and leaves one wishing they had made a different choice.'

Mr. Brown was unavailable for comment as he was flying somewhere nice and warm to talk about global warming for a bit.

Dear God!

[Zingari]

l444ry for PM

( that does not mean Peckham MacDonalds)

keep it up mate

[Daggers]

Labour Deputy Leader Harriet Harman told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the results are "very disappointing indeed". "What we've got to do is be more focused on listening to people and more in touch."

Go figure.

Tax cedit system - scrap it

Benefits system - reduce it

Conscription - introduce it

Immigration - reduce it

Criminal sentences - increase it

Number of prisons - increase it

Number of taxes - reduce it

Beaurocracy - reduce it

Decisions - try to make them having thought about the ****ing consequences

It takes Gordon Brown to make me sound like a Tory.

Christ!

[Flynny]

Go figure.

Tax cedit system - scrap it

Benefits system - reduce it

Conscription - introduce it

Immigration - reduce it

Criminal sentences - increase it

Number of prisons - increase it

Number of taxes - reduce it

Beaurocracy - reduce it

Decisions - try to make them having thought about the ****ing consequences

It takes Gordon Brown to make me sound like a Tory.

Christ!

I'd prefer to think it takes years of spending by a Labour government before most of those things become necessary, rather than of myself as particularly right-wing. Also I probably am if talking about economics alone.

[The People's Hero]

All long term unemployed and prisoners to be set to works for the public good.

- Cleaning out drains (gritters have caused big problems, blocking drains - causing floods)

- Digging ditches next to motorways - they do it on the continent and it works.

Etc etc.

Fu cking liberals.

[Dr The Singh]

All long term unemployed and prisoners to be set to works for the public good.

- Cleaning out drains (gritters have caused big problems, blocking drains - causing floods)

- Digging ditches next to motorways - they do it on the continent and it works.

Etc etc.

Fu cking liberals.

AMen, plus get rid of all luxuries such as Skysports, pool tables\games rooms, and bloody good food they get aswell, the re meals cost more then school dinners and hospital food!!!

[stez]

All long term unemployed and prisoners to be set to works for the public good.

- Cleaning out drains (gritters have caused big problems, blocking drains - causing floods)

- Digging ditches next to motorways - they do it on the continent and it works.

Etc etc.

Fu cking liberals.

that's a win/win situation; as the people who currently do these jobs will thusly be made unemployed and will then be forced to do the job they did before for a lot less money.

[Thracian]

Prime Minister Takes McFlurry Mandate

Gordon Brown is to become the first leader of the 'McPolitics' party after he was expelled from Labour for being Britain's 'worst ever' Premier.

Mr. Brown has dragged down the already tarnished image of the Labour party and earned the nicknames 'Incapability Brown' and 'Mr Bean' after a disastrous spell in Downing Street.

Burger chain McDonalds welcomed him as the first leader of their party which aims to win the next election with a 'McFlurry' of radical reforms.

Spokesman Mr Ronald McDonald said: 'We're going to win back the streets by forcing convicted criminals to work in the kitchen of our Peckham branch for a day. Further offending will result in half and hour sitting in the restaurant.

'Our restaurants are well known for their sparkling hygiene and we are going to bring these standards to Britain's filthy hospitals with an army of shuffling 'McCleaners' carrying those funny silver dustpans on poles.

'We also have novel plans to use the waste products from operations to create a profit.'

Mr McDonald said Mr. McBrown was the perfect leader of the McPolitics party.

'Many people have said flipping burgers would have been his best career choice,' he explained.

'Just like our burgers, he is of artificial appearance, completely tasteless and leaves one wishing they had made a different choice.'

Mr. Brown was unavailable for comment as he was flying somewhere nice and warm to talk about global warming for a bit.

:D Wonderful read. I look forward to the next installment.