I have learned not to ever express any opinion whatsoever on the topic of politics. People never agree, whatever you say, always decide your loyalties lie somewhere iffy and it's all generally more hassle than it's worth.
So. Here goes. Misunderstand at will.
This upcoming election. Where I live, which so happens to be Gordon Brown's constituency, is pretty much Labour's safest seat. So the result here is a given, unless the people that never vote get off their ample posteriors and vote, in which case a glorious victory for Liberal/SNP would knock the world off its axis.
But as to most other places, the dedicated media hatred for Mr Brown would seem to have stamped home a message that it would not be A Good Thing if Labour were to stay in.
Which generally means the other guys get in. The other guys in this case being the Tories and *we* would bag ourselves a Tory government, who would presumably implement Tory policies.
Tory may not all be "Tory", and all Tories don't share the same views (bigoted, in other words) but they're still Tory, so they'll be Tory. No? They're not secretly Tory, they're perfectly willing to admit they're Tory, they are presenting themselves as the Tory Party.
Which all appears to be stating the obvious, and displaying excessive usage of the word "Tory" (Conservative way too long to type 56 times) but to be frank, it's a bit tedious that the shouty types don't occasionally think of the future, rather than shouting a lot about what's in existence, voting it out and shouting equally about its replacement. After the joyous ejection of the current hated ones and the deification of the incomers, the faults of the new guys - generally being what they are and doing what they are expected to do - just goes round and round in one boring circle and the beloved get the blame (for whatever happens at the time that whoever is in charge just bumble their way through) and become the devil's minions.
So, having grown up hearing all the shouty types shouting about the "terrible, terrible, awful pure dead evil" things that the previous Tory government did, it's a bit galling to look forward to the shouty types shouting about how much they hate any future Tory policies that would be unleashed on the public that appear poised to vote them in.
But what do I know? I've never been effectively brainwashed.
Monday, 22 February 2010
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I was initially disappointed that this wasn't about a scary chocolate bar. But I agree with you. I think Gordon Brown could perform twice as poorly and he would still be better than the only other man likely to be prime minister. And I resent the fact that Gordon Brown gets a lot more bile than Tony Blair ever got, suggesting that the attackers think Tony Blair was better, when in fact Gordon Brown is a better man and a better prime minister than Tony Blair ever was.
Well, it's nice to know I'm not the only person that still holds high regard for Gordon Brown.
It seems to me that global/national things happen for which the current leaders get credit/blame for and the general public, or those who shout on their behalf, forget what parties stand for. Then in times of non trauma, they get uppity about said party doing their thing. People should go back to what they believe in for the long term and accept that good and bad situations happen to all leaders.
Is that too simplistic?
I don't think that's too simplistic. I don't think I'd say I hold him in high regard as such, but compared to David Cameron or Tony Blair I do.
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