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2006-05-08 Britain

Labour faces civil war over Left's 'plot' to oust Blair

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Posted by Steve White 2006-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Night of the long knives? We are talkng about way far big ell Left if they want to back track to old Labor. Not Blair an BiilC little ell left. The UK would be good and truly screwed with the big ell Left in power.

Posted by SPoD 2006-05-08 00:20|| http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/]">[http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/] 2006-05-08 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 In local elections last week, Labour got 26% and the Conservatives got 40%. The left wingers will manage to drive even more people to the Conservatives or other parties.

Posted by ed 2006-05-08 00:33|| 2006-05-08 00:33|| Front Page Top

#3 ...Waiting for our 'Burg Brits to fill us in..

Posted by RD 2006-05-08 00:48|| 2006-05-08 00:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Labour is as dumb as donks. Tony is the politican who can overcome the party's stupidity, much as Clinton did for the donks. But now ambition and boredom overcome commonsense as is usually the case when someone has ruled this long.

Tony has been a great leader in the international arena, as was Thatcher. I don't think he did as much for Britain itself as did Thatcher. In fact, I suspect he's done it irreparable harm. But he has been a steadfast ally to two very different Presidents.

Too bad every politician's career ends with a defeat. Whether now or later, his successor is unlikely to be anywhere near as great.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-05-08 07:35|| 2006-05-08 07:35|| Front Page Top

#5 True, Mr. Blair's support of the US has been the one bright spot in an otherwise bleak relationship with the euros. But I'm not convinced his defeat and a conservative victory would be a bad thing for the US. He's supported the war on terror, but let's remember who we're dealing with. The Labour party is a particularly odious group of liberal nuts. I remember watching coverage of the House of Commons during all those years when Blair was the opposition leader, lambasting the US on a daily basis. Labour still hates the US, and Blair's support of the war has gone completely against the current of his own party. America's relationship with Britain will only improve with the conservatives in power. They won't abandon the US anymore than Blair would. And their support and philosophical similarities with the Bush administration will only help in alot of other areas.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-05-08 10:10|| 2006-05-08 10:10|| Front Page Top

#6 "...That would be complete catastrophe for the Labour Government and the Labour Party..."

Gee, guess this shows where the priorities are. Hey guys, that's fine, but what would it mean for the country, hmmmmmmm?

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-05-08 12:41|| 2006-05-08 12:41|| Front Page Top

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