tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post5113289171119792078..comments2023-09-13T09:59:36.013+01:00Comments on snowflake5: On fanciful talk of defections from the LibDemssnowflake5http://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-24272673321756004412009-05-11T00:40:00.000+01:002009-05-11T00:40:00.000+01:00'Broncodelsey - you make an error that only old la...'Broncodelsey - you make an error that only old labourite are in "safe" seats. Plenty of New Labour people are in safe seats too.'<br /><br />In the parliament channel re-run of the 1979 election (last week), Anthony Howard was interviewed by Dimbleby on the morning after the Labour defeat and asked if he thought that Labour would now swing to the left (due to the composition of the remaining broncodelseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-16627766733433416612009-05-10T15:30:00.000+01:002009-05-10T15:30:00.000+01:00Similar people are puffing up the BNP.
It is deep...Similar people are puffing up the BNP.<br /><br />It is deeply regrettable that some Labour politicians, notably leaders like Blears, Hodge, Harman fuel such speculation.<br /><br />Enoch Powell wisely pretended that he did not know the names of his opponents, worth more than quite a lot of advice.<br /><br />We have PR in the Euro-elections, we should expect a few freaks to win seats, and to Quietzapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422598703061456846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-49934872830629778192009-05-10T14:47:00.000+01:002009-05-10T14:47:00.000+01:00DevonChap: "You think that Vince Cable should have...DevonChap: "You think that Vince Cable should have just sat tight, thought about advancement and mouthed things he didn't believe so the could one day be Chancellor. Isn't that the definition of a careerist"<br /><br />He should have stayed and fought for his beliefs - instead he acted in a careerist way - believing there was no chance of his advancement under Foot, he went elsewhere...<br /><br snowflake5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-60648918885087346482009-05-04T10:23:00.000+01:002009-05-04T10:23:00.000+01:00Comedy value post - you must be nervous. Especiall...Comedy value post - you must be nervous. Especially this: <I>the Labour party dislikes disloyalty above all things</I>... Um, have you seen the Labour Party recently? No Disloyalty? Bless!<br /><br />You post seems to summarise to say "it wont happen because Labour people are loyal and it would wreck their career anyway". The first part is demonstrably and obviously false, the second part is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-61993852783819299342009-05-04T08:45:00.000+01:002009-05-04T08:45:00.000+01:00Indeed Snowflake.
A byplay on this "story" occurr...Indeed Snowflake.<br /><br />A byplay on this "story" occurred on BBC's "Breakfast."<br /><br />When Simon Fanshawe pointed out (in his own words) that the article's authors - Jasper Gerard and James Kirkup - are a Lib-Dem functionary and A Dully Tele propagandist and that the piece's lack of substance in the face of its headline might just possibly be motivated by their political interests . . .Quietzapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422598703061456846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-48469357177358671682009-05-04T08:36:00.000+01:002009-05-04T08:36:00.000+01:00Have you ever looked at LibDem poliices? They are ...Have you ever looked at LibDem poliices? They are the most pro-European party in the Uk mainstream.<br />You think that Vince Cable should have just sat tight, thought about advancement and mouthed things he didn't believe so the could one day be Chancellor. Isn't that the definition of a careerist? It shows more character to fight for what you believe in without the expectaion of high office as DevonChapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-19003249217127228172009-05-03T21:56:00.000+01:002009-05-03T21:56:00.000+01:00'Actually, they were trashing their careers and go...'Actually, they were trashing their careers and going nowhere.'<br /><br />But that's exactly what they can see happening next year if Brown is not dumped.Many of the so called New Labour MP's got into parliament in 97 and many will lose their seats next year being in the most vulnerable constituencies.The likely scale of the defeat and public hostility could result in Labour being out of office broncodelseynoreply@blogger.com