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Election night 2005 - Brits, what's the score?
ChadTower:
Nyerg, I slipped into my old habits of not reading the responses. Now I don't know what was said. I think I'll have another beer.
daywane:
I just cant see defending any of them.
they ( the Gov) have been paid to do a job.
job to them seems ... country club.
Dems. Rep. all... Your fired . you suck
I am not kidding. Stop putting the rich , spoon fed , spoiled Cretans on my ballet. I hate taking the less of the 2 evils
I am glad bush won only because the other was more of a dork then the dork we have now
Grasshopper:
It would be a mistake to conclude that Blair's re-election means the British people endorsed his decision to go to war. Blair's personal popularity rating plummeted after we went to war and has never really recovered.
Even many people who thought getting rid of Saddam was a good idea in principle are disturbed by the way Blair bent the truth to make his case for war, and then rode roughshod over the UN and international law. And the way he kowtows to Bush is frankly embarrassing.
In most other respects I'd have to admit he's been a pretty decent Prime Minister. Far too right wing for my taste but basically competent.
The problem is the main opposition party was even more pro-war that Blair was. So that effectively neutralised the war as an election issue. In fact as so many people in Blair's own party were openly opposed to the war (several cabinet members resigned over the issue) it paradoxically made more sense for anti-war people to vote Labour instead of Conservative.
The third main party (the Liberal Democrats) have consistently opposed the war and they actually did very well in the election. The trouble is because of our retarded electoral system they never had a realistic chance of gaining power.
Dexter:
--- Quote from: Grasshopper on May 07, 2005, 07:03:13 am ---The third main party (the Liberal Democrats) have consistently opposed the war and they actually did very well in the election. The trouble is because of our retarded electoral system they never had a realistic chance of gaining power.
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plus the fact that Charles Kennedy just isn't charismatic enough. He was deffo the best of the three leaders and I'd vote lib dem myself if I was a UK resident. If the lib dems had a stereotypical baby kissing all-smiling politician for leader, they would have done even better. Shame.
Remembeer Robin Cooks resignation speech in the house of commons?? LOL :)
mr.Curmudgeon:
--- Quote from: Grasshopper on May 07, 2005, 07:03:13 am ---It would be a mistake to conclude that Blair's re-election means the British people endorsed his decision to go to war. Blair's personal popularity rating plummeted after we went to war and has never really recovered.
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Which is the real reason I started this thread. I'm curious as to people in Britain see his political career moving forward? The leaked memo implicates Blair in the manufacture and delivery of outright falsehoods leading up to the War in Iraq...how much of a chance does he have to remain PM? Do you see him ever being asked to step down as head of Labour?
Did they lose enough seats to have the issue forced on them?
We haven't heard squat about the memo in our corporate controlled media here in the U.S., but I know Blair was facing some serious heat about it before the election. I'm curious if the British public will just forget about it as Blair attempts to sweep it under the table?
mrC