Goodbye IDS :)

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2003-10-28 04:26pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3221105.stm

What the quiet man said would not happen has happened

I now sit back and prepare to watch the infighting that will ensue

FBHthelizardmage · Post by **FBHthelizardmage** » 2003-10-28 04:56pm

Oh what a pity, I was hoping he'd stay long enough to doom the tories in the next election... not that they need much dooming.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2003-10-28 04:58pm

FBHthelizardmage wrote:Oh what a pity, I was hoping he'd stay long enough to doom the tories in the next election... not that they need much dooming.

But this way we can have the hillarity of a leadership contest, then someone else dooming them!

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-10-28 05:25pm

So, from what I've gathered, no other politial party in Britian has any chance, ever? So Blair is essentially Lord Emperor of the British Isles until he retires/dies?

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-10-28 05:31pm

To be honest i'm not suprised. However i don't think Labour is gonna have as easy a time of it as people think in the next election. Labours popularity has fallen dramatically in recent months and laughable as it sounds the Lib Dems may well make a good challenge. Personally i'd vote for none them. The Monster Raving Mad Looney Party shall be getting my vote.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2003-10-28 05:44pm

Lord Pounder wrote:The Monster Raving Mad Looney Party shall be getting my vote.

If I've got nothing better to do I might stand for them here ^_^

TheDarkling · Post by **TheDarkling** » 2003-10-28 06:00pm

HemlockGrey wrote:So, from what I've gathered, no other politial party in Britian has any chance, ever? So Blair is essentially Lord Emperor of the British Isles until he retires/dies?

I doubt he will have more than one extra term (just so his reign out lasts Maggie’s) and then Brown will take over for a term, by which point the Tories may have a chance.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-10-28 07:34pm

I'm thinking there'll be a much lower turnout at the next general election, faced with an unpopular majority and a hopeless opposition, people just won't vote.

And to be honest, I won't miss IDS, William Hague pissed off me off more than any Tory leader ever has, but in the end, I had some grudging respect for the man, and he was definately the most charismatic fellow they've had for quite some time.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-10-29 03:36am

First Maggy, then IDS. The Tories seem to be making a trend of the whole backstabbing thing...

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-10-29 04:11am

3rd Impact wrote:First Maggy, then IDS. The Tories seem to be making a trend of the whole backstabbing thing...

You missed out Major and Hague. ("who?" I hear you cry...)

I'm really annoyed, because although the Tories are incompetant buffoons, New Labour are incompetant lying spin mongers, and I was relying on the Tories to grab enough right wing votes to at leats get a hung Parliament at the next election.

Bollocks to that, it seems.

*sigh* let's change the whole system. Red Ken for President!

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2003-10-29 06:19am

HemlockGrey wrote:So, from what I've gathered, no other politial party in Britian has any chance, ever? So Blair is essentially Lord Emperor of the British Isles until he retires/dies?

No, with the way things are he is "first among equels" {read lord high executioner} untill his party gets sick of him and deposes him.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2003-10-29 06:21am

InnerBrat wrote:
3rd Impact wrote:First Maggy, then IDS. The Tories seem to be making a trend of the whole backstabbing thing...
You missed out Major and Hague. ("who?" I hear you cry...)

I'm really annoyed, because although the Tories are incompetant buffoons, New Labour are incompetant lying spin mongers, and I was relying on the Tories to grab enough right wing votes to at leats get a hung Parliament at the next election.

Bollocks to that, it seems.

Hung parliment? christ no, that would put the Queen in an impossible situation

*sigh* let's change the whole system. Red Ken for President!

No, what you need is proportional representation, just like us colonials

TheDarkling · Post by **TheDarkling** » 2003-10-29 08:56am

I'm really annoyed, because although the Tories are incompetant buffoons, New Labour are incompetant lying spin mongers, and I was relying on the Tories to grab enough right wing votes to at leats get a hung Parliament at the next election.

Yeah sounds great, 5 years of stagnation with nothing at all getting done.

Anyway in the event of a hung parliament a Labour-Lib Dem coalition would be formed and I dare not imagine what to expect from such a monster.

All in all I find it very amusing that people are raking Labour over the hot coals over one issue - the War in Iraq and that got more support from the Tories than it did in the Labour camp, never mind that Labour have been keeping tight control on the economy and boosting public services across the board.

They need another term or two to prepare the country’s infrastructure so that when the Tories get in and start taking a sledge hammer to it, the public services don’t collapse overnight.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2003-10-29 02:11pm

15 minutes till we know. The suspense is killing me.

TheDarkling · Post by **TheDarkling** » 2003-10-29 02:26pm

He lost, 75 Yes 90 No.

Bye Bye IDS

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2003-10-29 02:32pm

Now we watch the ensuing chaos

Portillo is the one they should pick if they want to get anywhere, but he's not standing. Can't blame him either. Who would want to take control at this stage?

TheDarkling · Post by **TheDarkling** » 2003-10-29 02:52pm

Michael "The Weasel" Howard is the front runner, I think he is far to linked to the old Tory sleazy image to have any chance of getting the country to vote his way in a general election.....

and what a shame it would be if they didn't

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-10-29 03:08pm

The problem is the Tories don't have a candidate I can even be bothered to dislike.

On a lighter note i am serriously considering forming a Northern Irish branch of the Monster Mad Raving Loony Party. How would i go about that. I think i'd get the student votes.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-10-29 03:34pm

Ahhh fuck it, i'm going to vote lib dem.

IF only cos i actually like Charles Kennedy, the rest just seem like bastards, and Lib dems are probably the closest to the green party that won't make me feel like a hippie by voting for them. Damn hippies.

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2003-10-29 03:36pm

Rye wrote:IF only cos i actually like Charles Kennedy, the rest just seem like bastards.

A few of us met him the other night. He was slightly drunk

Sharp-kun · Post by **Sharp-kun** » 2003-10-29 03:36pm

Lord Pounder wrote: On a lighter note i am serriously considering forming a Northern Irish branch of the Monster Mad Raving Loony Party. How would i go about that. I think i'd get the student votes.

www.omrlp.com