Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Recliner
gently breathed:

Somehow, I can't see Brother Crow agreeing to pendulum arbitration, and
it's hard to see the current government agreeing to anything that could
hurt their union paymasters.

True.

But the current government is about to get spectacularly booted out by
the Conservatives, who might be more minded (especially if they thought
they had the support of ordinary Londoners, some of whom might think
that strike-caused disruption was putting their own jobs at risk) to
smash RMT's ability to cause utter chaos in the capital once and for
all.

It's beginning to feel like 1979 all over again, with a chaotic and
shambling Labour administration, beset by problems internal and
external, soon to be swept into history by resurgent Tories. Lets just
hope this time it doesn't lead to a re-run of the Major period ten years
later.

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Pyromancer wrote:

It's beginning to feel like 1979 all over again, with a chaotic and
shambling Labour administration, beset by problems internal and
external, soon to be swept into history by resurgent Tories.


It's beginning to feel like 1997 all over again, with a corrupt, chaotic
and shambling administration, beset by problems internal and external,
soon to be swept into history by a party led by a young, articulate,
privately educated slick PR man leading a party of traditionalist
incompetence that is briefly hidden under a fresh coat of paint for the
purposes of getting elected.

Tony Polson wrote in
:

Pyromancer wrote:

It's beginning to feel like 1979 all over again, with a chaotic and
shambling Labour administration, beset by problems internal and
external, soon to be swept into history by resurgent Tories.


It's beginning to feel like 1997 all over again, with a corrupt, chaotic
and shambling administration, beset by problems internal and external,
soon to be swept into history by a party led by a young, articulate,
privately educated slick PR man leading a party of traditionalist
incompetence that is briefly hidden under a fresh coat of paint for the
purposes of getting elected.

That analysis simultaneously flatters Brown now in comparison with Major in
1997 and Blair then compared with Cameron now.

This surely cannot be coincidental.

James Farrar wrote:
Tony Polson wrote in
:

Pyromancer wrote:

It's beginning to feel like 1979 all over again, with a chaotic and
shambling Labour administration, beset by problems internal and
external, soon to be swept into history by resurgent Tories.


It's beginning to feel like 1997 all over again, with a corrupt, chaotic
and shambling administration, beset by problems internal and external,
soon to be swept into history by a party led by a young, articulate,
privately educated slick PR man leading a party of traditionalist
incompetence that is briefly hidden under a fresh coat of paint for the
purposes of getting elected.

That analysis simultaneously flatters Brown now in comparison with Major in
1997 and Blair then compared with Cameron now.

This surely cannot be coincidental.


That most certainly was *not* my intention.

On May 30, 4:42*pm, James Farrar wrote:
Tony Polson wrote :

Pyromancer wrote:

It's beginning to feel like 1979 all over again, with a chaotic and
shambling Labour administration, beset by problems internal and
external, soon to be swept into history by resurgent Tories.

It's beginning to feel like 1997 all over again, with a corrupt, chaotic
and shambling administration, beset by problems internal and external,
soon to be swept into history by a party led by a young, articulate,
privately educated slick PR man leading a party of traditionalist
incompetence that is briefly hidden under a fresh coat of paint for the
purposes of getting elected.

That analysis simultaneously flatters Brown now in comparison with Major in
1997 and Blair then compared with Cameron now.

Please explain how?

I'll accept "Because I'm a Tory, and hence am incapable of rational
thought", if you can't come up with anything else.

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wrote in news:db41e5eb-5f5c-4923-b399-4cd201636f44
@z5g2000vba.googlegroups.com:

Please explain how?

I'll accept "Because I'm a Tory, and hence am incapable of rational
thought", if you can't come up with anything else.

Given that second sentence, it's not worth the hassle.

(BTW, I'm not a Tory.)

"James Farrar" wrote in message
. 4...

(BTW, I'm not a Tory.)

Well, you should be!

Ian

On Jun 3, 7:38*am, James Farrar wrote:
Please explain how?

I'll accept "Because I'm a Tory, and hence am incapable of rational
thought", if you can't come up with anything else.

Given that second sentence, it's not worth the hassle.

(BTW, I'm not a Tory.)

Meh. "Please explain how Cameron is less bad than Tony Blair". I'd
probably accept at this point that Brown is a worse party leader than
Major.

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john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 04:14:46 -0700 (PDT)
wrote:
Meh. "Please explain how Cameron is less bad than Tony Blair". I'd
probably accept at this point that Brown is a worse party leader than
Major.

I'm starting to wonder if it wasn't just for his own ego that Blair kept
Brown out of No10 for so long. Perhaps he realised just how truly bad he'd
be for the labour party as leader.

B2003

wrote in news:e5d7d550-78f8-472b-b17b-9d79d70e64b4
@d31g2000vbm.googlegroups.com:

On Jun 3, 7:38*am, James Farrar wrote:
Please explain how?

I'll accept "Because I'm a Tory, and hence am incapable of rational
thought", if you can't come up with anything else.

Given that second sentence, it's not worth the hassle.

(BTW, I'm not a Tory.)

Meh. "Please explain how Cameron is less bad than Tony Blair".

He seems to have some idea of what he wants to do with power. Blair never
did.

Of course it's possible that appearances are deceptive; only the event
will prove it.

I'd probably accept at this point that Brown is a worse party leader
than Major.

It would be difficult to argue the other way, quite frankly.