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Pondering, and while slightly more optimistic than we once were, still really quite unhappy Lefty thread

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Hassled · 08/05/2010 17:20

Where had we got to? We'd agreed that we all love Cameron, right?

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Bucharest · 09/05/2010 16:12

Re-marking place, grrr, why does all this happen at the w/e when small people keep haranguing me to go and Watch Scooby Doo?

Just had my mother (slightly to the right of Mrs Thatcher) on the phone preening at me. Pffft. I could sense her glazing over and picking at the paintwork when I spouted about Hameron having actually made a bit of a ballax up if unable to win a majority in the current climate....

My red is miner's daughter and grand-daughter red, (although I must confess that that needs to be tempered with said paternal miner also being anti-immigration and pro-council house buying etc) (working class Sun reader I suppose I should be thankful he never went the whole hog and voted Tory)

I joined the Labour party in 84 and have never voted anything else.

Haven't ventured into active conversations (apart from Mme Lindt's thread- how are things with the other Mum now???) since Thursday. Might just stay on the Lefty threads forever. It's been so much nicer....

Away to Scooby.

tacticalfloosy · 09/05/2010 16:04

'There was so much, or nothing, left to say'.

Perhaps it's rare for Civil Service notes to approach poetry. Oddly moving.

tacticalfloosy · 09/05/2010 16:01

Freebuttonbee, thanks so much for posting that - loads of gamey detail. Particularly love the fine bouquet rising from sentences such as 'Sir Michael, Sir John and I went out to lunch at the Giuletta-Romeo restaurant in Soho.' Palmy days.

AppleTreeWick · 09/05/2010 15:48

I think we're going to have instability on all sides tbh labour:leadership election, Cons will be tearing into each other by teatime on the first day they have to compromise on one of their dog whistle policies and the libs well I'm already thinking of the comments I can make to lib dem canvassers at the next election if they go full hamnegg.

FreeButtonBee · 09/05/2010 15:07

Actually on a serious note, it does shows the difficulty of trying to form a rainbow coalition with the 'regional nationalists'. They hold too power relative to their position/electorate, which is a real stumbling block for a LibLab coalition.

FreeButtonBee · 09/05/2010 15:05

Lenin - just interesting. I suppose it depends on whether you think that the past offers any insight into how the present will be handled, Yes, the world is different but is politics?

I suppose it shows why GB has backed off so much (as current incumbent), but then NC didn't give him much choice.

Plus it has the leader of the Liberals walking across "three wet fields" in his wellies to avoid the press! Brilliant extraneous detail! I love this type of stuff.

LeninGrad · 09/05/2010 14:49

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AppleTreeWick · 09/05/2010 14:47

lo anything happening we're watching mr maker...oooh dancing feet now!

LeninGrad · 09/05/2010 14:42

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policywonk · 09/05/2010 14:42

Thanks. Off to get some of them Duchy's Originals Chomsky shortbreads then.

MrJustAbout · 09/05/2010 14:41

Yes, but if a govt (of whatever stripe) is close to being formed ...

LeninGrad · 09/05/2010 14:41

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MrJustAbout · 09/05/2010 14:40

Brown back, meetings with individual cabinet members ("I'm really sorry but there's no room"- although Ed Miliband first), and a sword to be fallen on.

It's very close to Clegg making up his mind.

policywonk · 09/05/2010 14:39

Oh he's talking to cbt ministers. Gulp.

FreeButtonBee · 09/05/2010 14:38

interesting from last hung parliament

This is fascinating - please don't explode cos the URL contains a reference to Maggie!

policywonk · 09/05/2010 14:38

What's occurring? Have I time to go to Waitrose?

MrJustAbout · 09/05/2010 14:36

I do think we're talking endgame now.

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LordPanofthePeaks · 09/05/2010 14:29

Diane Abbot is a windbag opportunist with no authority or influence.

LeninGrad · 09/05/2010 14:28

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Coolfonz · 09/05/2010 14:23

We could stimulate the economy with a biscuit-drive. The UK could dominate the global biscuit and sweet crispy-snack markets.

Rise up people!! We can claim the future with delicious shortbread embossed with pictures of Noam Chomsky!

charges off on his own into a hail of bullets

TDiddy · 09/05/2010 14:23

yes Leningrad- a global agreement on bonuses but you need to be pretty comprehensive. Do you include hedge funders/private capital?

"Diane Abbott on BBC News. Conceding it, no-one wants it!"- yes, that is why I think Labour is in the best position just sitting back for now

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