Tentative Andy
I'm in the Meal Deal
i'll be voting labour on may 6th because i think this country is alright really.
Wow. In some ways I wish I could feel the same, but really can't imagine doing so in the current situation.
i'll be voting labour on may 6th because i think this country is alright really.
a pre-depression era macro
Heard you the first time, Brother B.
From that CiF piece:
Eh-UR! Science analogy FAIL.
Edit: and senior Lib Dems (specifically Paddy A quoting Clegg, I think) were reported as ruling out a coalition with the Tories in this morning's papers. So ner.
Incidentally Tea, assuming you're still in BGB, check out the Lib Dem candidate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajmal_Masroor
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/ajmalmasroor
I'm in Poplar and Limehouse, Respect people are everywhere. My mate was in the lift up to his flat yesterday and 3 guys asked him who he was voting for and invited him to their flat so they could persuade him to vote Respect. Very creepy.
Cameron quoting Gladstone yesterday; Cable quoting Cameron with approval during his IOD speech just now.
You'll have to kill this man as well!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/04/bnp-mark-collett-nick-griffin
I've been claiming we caused that on the press release!
That's exactly what it reminded me of - It kind of made me wonder about the fantastical way in which much of that party probably views itself, totally trying to play out this romaniticised fascist narrative, it's sad and hilarious.How amazing would it have been if he'd actually done it, though? It would have been a sort of really lame, suburban, English, 21st-century Night Of The Long Knives.
It's one big Lib Con love-in
When we get Tory-led, Lib-backed coalition I'm gonna spend 5 years saying "I fucking told you so".
Yes, but... each vote for the Lib-Dems takes a vote away from the Tories as much as it takes one away from Labour. In fact, as I see it each vote lost in this way affects the Tories worse, because Labour - being the encumbant party in government and in the highest proportion of constituencies - only need to avoid losing more than a certain number of votes, whereas the Tories need to gain a substantial ammount.
If a rise in Liberal support splits the opposition vote within Labour constituencies, then that's something that could end up reducing the likliehood of a hung-parliament/coalition situation arising.
As I see it, all the talk about the coalition is all cloak and dagger stuff at this stage, it's very reliant on rumour. And with no personal offence meant, it's all coming from people who clearly have a huge vested interest in minimising the Lib-Dem support. (How could it not be so in the run-up to an election, I guess?) My own guess (and it is a guess!) is that all the mixed messages and secrecy coming from the Lib Dems means that in the event of a hung parliment they'll just form a coalition with whoever is the single largest party. And Labour are still most likely to be that party.
Really though, this whole debate is again indicative of the whole depressing situation for politics in the country right now - they way people are trapped in a situation of 'well, things are pretty bad right now, there's a way of vote that might make then slightly better, but perhaps I should think twice because doing so might accidently make things even worse'. People get scared away of attempting to support change or from voting in a way that actually represents their beliefs, and that can't be good for democracy overall