pslewis

And, considering everyone is so cheesed off with Labour ........

Didn't the Tories do ever so well??

The Zohan

Why - it is a mystery to me, It is only the locals but even so do people like and trust Brown and his cronies - really?!?

Iif NL get in again for another term on power then i am off for good, Canada maybe if i can get in, Canada has real immigration and strict criteria unlike the UK.

TopBanana

They were both labour strongholds. The labour majority was much smaller than at the election.

Dan W

voter apathy. Give us candidates with the minerals to say what we all think and they'll knock Labour off the spot.

PeteBrant

Labours majority in Sedgefield was reduced from 18,000 to 12,000.

In Ealing it was reduced from 11,500 to 5,000.

Both seat are massive Labour strongholds, that have seen 33 and 60% wiped off thier majority respectively. I wouldn't be feeling particularly smug if I were a Labour party member.

PeteBrant

Well, in Sedgefield and Ealing at least, Labour obviously are saying what most people think. And those that didn't vote obviously aren't dissatisfied enough to want to change things.

Dan W

fair point

pslewis

Labour WILL win another Term - of that there is no doubt whatsoever ...... when the chips are down, we ALL know who well we have ALL done under New Labour.

Our homes are filled with 65" Plasma Screens, we drive great cars, we have wealth beyond the dreams of most of the population of the world ......

And Paul Habgood will still be here, still moaning - for no more reason that Canada won't have him!!!

kingofturds

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£1.4 trillion of consumer debt will disappear overnight and all the billions poured into the NHS will come to fruition keep dreaming Pete

PeteBrant

Of course there are things that have improved under Labour, and other things that have gotten worse - and many things that have stayed just as bad as they ever did despite having a lot of money thrown at them.

However, regardless of how well a given part is doing, it is phenomonally difficult to win a 4th term. You can no longer blame any failures on the previous government, because the previous government was...you.

We ar eheaded for a hung parliament in my opnion. No part will garner enough support to get a working majority. Especially given the overcrowding in the centre ground of politics.

One thing is sure, to say Labour *will* win the next election is a prediction reserved for Labour MPs and party fanatics alone.

Luminous

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If they win I leave. Come to think about it, even if they don't win I will be trying to leave

The Zohan

And if this happens then Pete, i am gonna be looking to make you my main biatch!

OllyK

Oh really
UK Wealth Divide 'Widening' - UK News Headlines

Leslie

Its not surprising the Conservatives did not score well since they shot themselves in the foot with their choice of leader! It is significant however to see the reduction in Labour's majority.

The other piece of news we had just goes to confirm the graft and corruption which now exists in the highest levels in this country

Les

pslewis

Labour voters stayed at home - they would have turned out if there was any chance the seat would be lost, so thats no shock.

What is a shock is that no-one felt badly enough to want to threaten the seat.

Labour will win easily a General Election ... better the devil you know!

And, some of us oldies have seen what the Tories can do and how they nearly brought the country to its knees ............ as long as we can wise-up the kiddies we shall protect the country from them!

The Zohan

Pete - are you off of the meds again?!? suggest you sit back in your bathchair, pull the tatran rug up an bit more and ask nursie for a bedbath and some of your extra strong pills

pslewis

I'm the only one here who has their feet planted firmly on planet earth

Anyway - shouldn't you be packing?? Or is it just talk

The Zohan

Without doubt you should be planted!

Will wait and see, either way i get to move or you get to be my Biatch so win-win fro me.

Norman Dog

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Personally, I'm no better or worse off under Labour than I was under J Major & co. Although I don't think my roots would allow me to vote for Tory boy.

"I lead a modern, compassionate Conservative Party that looks to the future not the past. We want to talk with people about the things that matter to them, not preach to them or bind them with ever-more state intervention. We want people to feel that their politicians are doing the right thing and listening to them"

What a load of shhit

Leslie

But look at the state this country is in now though. We have sunk to the depths of morality and it will only get worse when the next generation starts to have children. There may not even be any families left to become dysfunctional! There may be enough money floating about-on credit, but it will eventually all catch up. We are turning into a nation of chavs who will be monitored in every respect and controlled by a police state. The old British ideals have been thrown out of the window and we will just be a little part of the corrupt and all powerful Eu.

Is that what you want for this country?

Les

The Zohan

Now then Les we all know that this is the fault of the conservatives and not NL, NL have only had 10 years to get to grips.

Simon 69

These constituencies are full of people like you Pete. Held back by petty class hatred; theyd vote Labour rather than Conservative even if it meant that theyd be sent to the gas chamber.....

Leslie

You are so right of course Paul, most unfair of me to suggest it!

Les