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Jul

Mandelson reincarnated as a mouthy young Tory

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Tags: channel 4, Conservative, deceit, Labour, member of parliamnet, mouthy tory, MP, new labour, obfuscation, overconfience, peter snow, political interview, spin doctors, upper class, zach goldsmith

Mouthy Tory

Good grief. I thought that the age of politicians cynically talking out interviews was over. Over the past 13 years Peter Mandelson had developed the art of talking a lot but saying nothing. He honed his techniques of deceit and obfuscation and almost rendered interviews pointless. His goal was to say nothing. I thought that with New Labour out of power we might return to the days when the purpose of political interviews was to give the public a chance to understand the actions of politicians. It seems that Zach Goldsmith, MP for Richmond Park, has other ideas.

In fact Goldsmith is not the same as Mandelson. While Mandelson came across and a bit of an outsider Goldsmith comes across as a member of an over privileged elite which considers that the world revolves around them.

He suffers from, what a friend from New Zealand once termed, the sickening over confidence of the English upper classes.

http://thinkpolitics.co.uk/tpblogs/videos/zac-goldsmith-vs-jon-snow-on-channel-4-news/

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May

Why do I like what I hear?

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Categories: Con/Lib Coalition, Labour, london, new labour, Politics and Social comment
Tags: CCTV, Con/Lib, Conservative, Ed Balls, Eddie Mayer, Heathrow Airport, liberal democrat, new labour, New Labour nightmare, nick clegg, PM, Radio 4, Routemaster, third runway

New Routemaster

Oh dear. I am finding myself agreeing with the way that the UK is going.

I heard today that the plans to build a third runway at Heathrow airport have been scrapped. Good, all cheap air travel does is allow more people to travel to the other side of the world to see that the environment there has been ruined by things such as airports.

I heard that Nick Clegg is saying there will be tighter regulation on CCTV. Good, the UK is the most spied on society in the world. A free society is not one when the government watches everything you do.

I heard that they are designing a new Routemaster bus with an open back so that you can hop on and off. Good, this is a British classic and far more convenient than the curent buses.

A cynic would say that the Con / Libs are just announcing the good news first to make a good first impression. However, at the least they have some good news which is more than can be said for the ghastly burbling drivel spouted by Ed Balls this week when interviewed by Eddie Mayer on Radio 4′s PM. Mr. Balls waffle was staggering. This is a man who is standing for leadership of one of the UK’s great political parties. A potential future Prime Minister. Yet he could not think of a single thing to say.

Oops, there I go again attacking New Labour. I have this fear that the people of the UK will awake together and find we were dreaming. Pinch me someone. Is the New Labour nightmare really over?

May

Labour lost, it’s called democracy – get over it

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Categories: democracy, Labour, new labour, News and Politics
Tags: betrayal, cheated of power, coalition, coalition government, Conservative, democracy, disgraced, Gordon Brown, Labour, Labour lost, Labour party, Liberal Democrats, peter mandelson, spin, tony blair

Labour lost - get over it

Supporters of Labour in the United Kingdom appear incensed that they are no longer the party of government and are condemning the Liberal Democrats for forming a coalition with the Conservatives. Words such as despicable, treachery and deceit have been used.

Labour suffered a massive drop in support and polled far fewer votes than the Conservatives. The Labour party, Gordon Brown and the rag tag bunch of nobodies that formed the last cabinet are widely disliked throughout the country yet they now behave as if they have been cheated of power.

“I fear the lady doth protest too much”! Their allegations of betrayal and despicable conduct should be directed at their own leadership. Gordon Brown’s decision to bring the twice disgraced Peter Mandelson back into government placed the Brown premiership firmly in the “spin over substance” camp of Tony Blair.

Let’s just list the reasons why they are out of power:

No party gained an overall majority.
All parties are free to negotiate alliances as they see fit. The Liberals Democrats are an independent party and are not obliged to side with Labour.
A Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition would not have achieved a majority and would therefore have no more right to govern than the Conservatives alone.

Labour lost, it’s called democracy – get over it.

May

UK Election Results 2010

By jonesxxx 1 Comment

Categories: Labour, new labour and Politics
Tags: 2010, apathetic, apathy, chart, Conservative, election results, First-past-the-post, Labour, liberal, majority, non voters, pie chart, proportional representation, single transferable vote, UK election results, voting systems

So the results are in fro the UK General Election 2010 and no party has a clear majority. Not only that but the two parties which are generally considered to be left leaning, Labour and Liberal Democrat, cannot combine to form a majority. The pie chart below shows the problems. The number of seats are split straight down the middle with LIB/LAB on one side and CON on the other. In the middle are a handful of tiny parties.

UK Election Results 2010

However, what is even more interesting, is to see that the people who are eligible to vote but did not vote are the real majority. These are people could easily have swung the election one way or the other if they’d got off their arses. – Hey ho.

Apathetic

Party	Seats	Votes
Conservative	306	10,706,647
Labour	258	8,604,358
Liberal Democrat	57	6,827,938
Democratic Unionist Party	8	168,216
Scottish National Party	6	491,386
Sinn Fein	5	171,942
Plaid Cymru	3	165,394
Social Democratic & Labour Party	3	110,970
Green	1	285,616
Alliance Party	1	42,762
UK Independence Party	0	917,832
British National Party	0	563,743
Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force	0	102,361
English Democrats	0	64,826
Respect-Unity Coalition	0	33,251
Traditional Unionist Voice	0	26,300
Christian Party	0	18,623
Independent Community and Health Concern	0	16,150
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	0	12,275
Scottish Socialist Party	0	3,157
Others	1	319,891
Eligible to vote but did not	0	16,346,362
Turnout		29,653,638
Total eligible to vote		46,000,000

Data thanks to the BBC and Politics.co.uk

Currently the UK uses the First-past-the-post voting system for electing members to the House of Commons. Labour have expressed interest in moving toward a Single Transferable Vote system and the Liberal Democrats want Proportional Representation. Please vote and state which system you would prefer.