tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post1338020380573636426..comments2024-01-11T10:25:57.007+00:00Comments on Labour of Gove: Don't Do It Nick Consultation: LOL Minority ReportChris Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-83361380552415141272010-05-10T20:25:11.790+01:002010-05-10T20:25:11.790+01:00unless you are Mugabe, BHT.
and the ZIM president...unless you are Mugabe, BHT.<br /><br />and the ZIM president likes Cameron...Robert Gabrielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-78459395253185525952010-05-10T13:10:28.996+01:002010-05-10T13:10:28.996+01:00you got 29% of the vote in the election.so you fid...you got 29% of the vote in the election.so you fiddle about withthe figures to turn this into 63%,amazing, Mugabe would be pleased.<br />To quote from Diane Abbot, "the thing with elections is sometimes you win and other times you lose".benchilltorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-16849028819664354142010-05-10T08:24:49.318+01:002010-05-10T08:24:49.318+01:00Gael Givet is a left back, so I can't see him ...Gael Givet is a left back, so I can't see him supporting a Con-Lib govt. Vote Liberal get tory...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-28967825573667946802010-05-09T16:07:48.093+01:002010-05-09T16:07:48.093+01:00GaelGivet. Watching Chris Paul's eyes well ove...GaelGivet. Watching Chris Paul's eyes well over when the results were announced will stick with me for ever, such a rant was to be expected.<br /><br />Chris. Labour - If they ever want to make progress again in this area, will do themselves good to dissociate themselves with the likes of you and the petty nonsensical bilge that you churn out.<br /><br />To call Labour 'progressive' after taking us backwards in their 13 years of government is ridiculous - and to start bleating about electoral reform now is just desperate.<br /><br />Labour don't want electoral reform, they would be decimated should proper proportional representation be implemented - more so than the Tories.SMYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-59356886505507986702010-05-09T14:59:10.194+01:002010-05-09T14:59:10.194+01:00I don't think John Leech was necessarily talki...I don't think John Leech was necessarily talking about the campaign as such; I think it was more a reference to the drip feed of smears and attacks over the course of the last 5 years. Accusing him of blaming students for their getting raped and things like that are just despicable; calling out the fire brigade to investigate fire risks during the immediate run up to the election is just petty. I'm glad that the voters saw through it all though and backed John Leech - it's a reflection of his hard work despite what the Labour students' Facebook groups would have you believe.<br /><br />As for grace in victory, I did say that I thought Lucy was a good candidate. But it's hard to show grace in the face of such bile.<br /><br />I agree that personal attacks are unpleasant and unwarranted. So I'll stop them when you do.GaelGivetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-78222128616942603982010-05-09T13:18:59.104+01:002010-05-09T13:18:59.104+01:00Doesn't seem bitter to me. Chris is just sayin...Doesn't seem bitter to me. Chris is just saying. How it works for the Lib Dem franchise. A coalition of misery, voting against things. Being misled. Being whipped up by cant.<br /><br />Meanwhile terrible projection of "immaturity" from extraordinarily immature and silly Lib Dem ratgirl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-48722312441705017682010-05-09T11:14:18.856+01:002010-05-09T11:14:18.856+01:00BHT: always good to see you on here writing twaddl...BHT: always good to see you on here writing twaddle. I'm using "progressive" here for the broad alliance - backed by 64% of those who voted - that is against pro-rich and fast-cuts Tories.<br /><br />I believe that the Lib Dems should support that as first preference even though it's clearly more messy.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-3241723940170580732010-05-09T11:11:55.585+01:002010-05-09T11:11:55.585+01:00Well Gael, do be quiet. Mr Leech won. But you'...Well Gael, do be quiet. Mr Leech won. But you're not very gracious winners are you? His ridiculous rant at the declaration will come back to haunt him. Labour did not fight a dirty campaign but although Mr Leech did not repeat the huge whoppers about the Christie and the War of 2005 he did run a smudgy smeary negative campaign. People in Withington will regret this result at their leisure.<br /><br />As for your personal attacks. Do put the knives away. Ms Nadine Dorries is a ridiculous woman and should not be an MP. Your party is in second place - albeit a distant second now - in that seat. You colleagues in Mid Beds welcome the exposition of Nadine's foibles.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-38018391337190427242010-05-08T23:55:34.228+01:002010-05-08T23:55:34.228+01:00oh deary me,you socialist don't like it when t...oh deary me,you socialist don't like it when the electorate speak!<br />there was a time when you labourites had some principles and called yourself socialist.now you choose to use he term "progressive" which is a meaning less label.<br />The big problem with new Labour is that its only function is power for powers sake.i am old enough to remember the time when labour people held socialist principles.<br />we now have a situation whereby the country faces vast economic problems.we are now faced with the facebook generation who think that all we need to do is change to voting system and all will be well.<br />i worry because i don't think that we can get out of our current economic problems without severe pain, (i dont believe the growth forecasts).we have a small manufacturing base , which i feel no party had any good policies to deal with.I despair of the new divide between the private and public sector, what ever we may want to provide as public services,it is dependent on having a thriving industrial sector.<br />This current situation regarding our next government is highly worrying.We have great financial problems to deal with,i prefer a strong government to deal with it, (even if is was a Labour government).<br />Unfortunately the result of the election is very disappointing,and is not sustainable.The libcon alliance is not something that can provide stability ,as the lib dems are a motley collection of individuals rather than a political party and they would look for a way out at the first difficult decision they were faced with.<br />we need another election to sort this mess out its a shame that the combined seats of labour and lib dems wasnt enough to form a majority ,in which case cleggy would have to choices.<br />we have craven types like Salmond urging some great coalition of "progressives " to usher in electoral reform.<br />a change of voting system will not address the issue of unequal sized constituencies,the widespread abuse of the lax postal voting system nor the problem of too much power being in the hands of the executive and individual MPs being just lobby fodder.<br />Keep Lucy nearby, she may be needed come October!!benchilltorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-89464214061613825152010-05-08T20:09:10.102+01:002010-05-08T20:09:10.102+01:00Hurrah! I was waiting for your first bitter rant a...Hurrah! I was waiting for your first bitter rant about John Leech's victory. <br /><br />You just can't bear the fact that he beat the woman with whom both you and nasty little Mike Joslin are clearly in love can you? Are you more obsessed with her or Nadine Dorries? Pray do tell.<br /><br />John Leech works his socks off for Manchester Withington; he's not flash, not for show, just an honest, hardworking bloke who cares about the area and wants to do his best for people. I'm glad the electorate realised that on Thursday. It's a shame you're too blinkered to see that.<br /><br />Just for the record, I actually think Lucy was a reasonable candidate. But it's to her detriment that she surrounded herself with such a nasty, vicious, immature crowd. She'll be ok in a safe Labour seat. But John Leech will always be the man who beat her. That'll hurt.GaelGivetnoreply@blogger.com