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UK Voters Wake Up and tell "New Labour' to F@*K Off

Sat, 03 May 2008 06:41:03 GMT

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It's over. There was nothing constructive in the voters' message. These elections were not an invitation to change. They were a big two-fingered salute, a raspberry, a pressing of the de-trousered national buttocks to the window of the polling station.

the judgment that takes only two words to deliver, one of which I shall avoid in print.

let us say “push off”

Prepare yourself then for a great barrage of phrasemaking that will involve the endless repetition, in no particular order, of the following thoughts, typically conjoined with Gordon Brown's name:

wake-up call

message from the electorate

take it on the chin

listen to voters

learn lessons

heed concerns

need for change

get back in touch

sharpen up the act

show contrition

find a new narrative

feel their pain

show humility

understand more

blitz of initiatives

sense of purpose

simpler messages

sharpen the argument

clearer sense of direction

relaunch/refocus/rediscover/

redefine/repair/refresh/reshuffle/rethink/renew

begin fightback

Tags: 'new labour'

May Day Massacre

Sat, 03 May 2008 06:33:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: May Day, aka Labour Day. The absurd specatacle of a Labour Prime Minister, a LABOUR prime minister, shrugging off the 'difficult economic circumstances' facing the losers from his ten year gambling spree. Even now he has the audacity to prop up the private profits of banks with taxpayers' money.

Clip Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Boris Johnson sealed a nightmarish first electoral test for Gordon Brown, surging to a hugely symbolic victory for the Conservatives in London.

Mr Brown suffered humilation across the country as the party lost an astonishing 331 seats. It was Labour’s worst election night for 40 years, leaving its local government and campaigning base severely weakened and ministers fearing for their survival at the next general election.

Councillors were left almost defenceless in the face of the 10p tax row and economic worries. Labour finished third overall, with just 24 per cent of the vote. The Conservatives secured 44 per cent on an evening of unbridled triumph and the Liberal Democrats 25 per cent.

The Tories gained 256 seats and the Liberal Democrats 34

Mr Brown blamed “difficult economic circumstances”.

Meltdown for Labour as UK Right Surges

Sat, 03 May 2008 06:02:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: If there is any good news for the Left in the UK it is that there has never been a better time to speak out for a new party that displays decency, an ethical foreign policy and a genuine commitment to those disenfranchised by the savage redistribution of wealth to the rich.

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

It threatens to be a slow death, as Labour decays steadily towards defeat in 2010. That, at least, is what plenty in the party fear after a horror show of a performance in local elections across England and Wales.

This was more than the traditional bloody nose administered by a restless electorate halfway through a parliament. That much was clear from the sheer scale of the punch.

Labour did not just trail the Tories, as they had done in previous council contests. They were 20 points behind.

many of those that Labour would think of as its core voters abandoned the party. Angry over the abolition of the 10p tax rate, too many were ready to stay home or even break the habit of a lifetime and vote Conservative. One phone-in show yesterday had ex-Labour supporters queuing up to denounce their party - and its leader - for no longer seeming to know what they are for.

Labour is about to enter the twilight.

Tags: labour party