HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, GORDON!

A year after his glorious rise to supreme power in the land, Gordon Brown seems to be having a rough time of it, all of a sudden.  The Labour Party has just had a really good kicking in the Henley by-election.   Not only did they come fifth - behind the Green Slime and the BNP scum, they lost their deposit into the bargain!  Anyone feel sorry for Cyclops?  Me neither.

OK, that's the gloating finished with.  More generally, I'm wondering if this election result is a sign that people are starting to get fed up with the LibLabConsensus.  Although the Tories won outright, election turnout was only just over 50% - in 2005 it was 67.9%.  The relatively good showing of the Greens and the BNP might indicate that there's an increased willingness by people to switch their votes to minority parties, at least as a protest vote.  If this is the case, it's a pity that the protest vote is going to a couple of statist nut groups, instead of someone fairly sensible.  It'll be interesting to see what happens when the Libertarian Party starts fielding candidates.

 
27.6.08 14:27
 


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