British Politics.

[poliphilo]

I voted in the European elections. There were a lot of fringe parties putting up candidates- and the voting slip was the longest I'd ever handled.

I say "I" not "we" because Ailz gets a postal vote and cast it weeks ago.

I voted for the Lib Dems. It was more a vote against than a vote for.

On the way down to Stratford we had the car radio on for the political news.  Jack Straw was being asked- repeatedly- why he hadn't tendered his resignation over the case of the French students who were murdered by a guy who should have been in prison but wasn't.  He talked about  his "duty". Straw is- all proportions kept-  Nu Labour's Talleyrand. As we were driving home after the play it was reported  that a third Cabinet Minister- James Purnell- had resigned from the government- and while the others- Smith and Blears-  went muttering courtesies, this one has said straight out that Brown is electoral poison and should go.

This morning the election results that are coming in are- as expected-  bad for Labour, Brown is reshuffling his cabinet and the Guardian's Martin Kettle predicts he'll be forced out in days.

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[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

I voted for the Lib Dems. It was more a vote against than a vote for.

There were probably quite a few votes like that yesterday.

Spain doesn't vote until Sunday. They expect a vote against our socialist gov but that's because of the current dire economic situation. People can't seen to see that the current gov didn't create it and that they can't make miracles happen despite their good intentions. It'll be the vote of the desperate, I'm afraid.

I'm just glad we don't have the equivalent of Brown here.