tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post7229848427169328500..comments2023-10-09T15:36:41.421+01:00Comments on Citizen Smart: I Must WriteAlan Smarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08238599957331198637noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-49335155393606486242009-06-14T08:56:31.370+01:002009-06-14T08:56:31.370+01:00I was willing to wager large sums of money that Br...I was willing to wager large sums of money that Brown would never become leader of the Labour Party, because I regarded him - way back then - as gauche, dour, dull and stupid. I still find it vastly more puzzling that he got the job than that he manages to keep it.<br /><br />I tend agree with the analysis that says he'll go in a few months' time, when his successor can claim that there is no need for an immediate election as one is only a few months away anyway - that gives time to recover ground before the vote.<br /><br />Brown (and Labour) may be on to something with the argument that the Tories will introduce swingeing cuts on public spending (so will Labour, of course). Such threats are scary because there are many households like mine where the earner in the private sector has been paid off and the sole remaining income is from the partner in public service. Put those partners out of work and you'll really have a 30s style Depression.<br /><br />PS: Like the tidier blog layout, Alan.Vronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17797785918817375436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-89653576317593399902009-06-08T11:27:18.790+01:002009-06-08T11:27:18.790+01:00Naldo.
Objectively I kind of agree with you. But ...Naldo.<br /><br />Objectively I kind of agree with you. But we are still part of the UK , and likely to be for a wee while yet. I really cant stand having as my Prime Minsiter someone so weak, i think shallow and certainly as self serving<br /><br />Who would be better? - Im sure Alan Johnston, Milliband also and few moee. I persoanlly would go for John Denham - an ouside bet I know, but a top bloke - and he resigned over Iraq, so in ths regard he really is a clean break<br /><br />But then again, it's kind of in the SNPs interests for Brown to cling on<br /><br />Bu this aint no right wing bandwagon i'm jumping on. Ive always loathed Brown and his entire style of operation, Saw it real close up in the 1980s when he was no more than an asprirant - and it stank then. It's all his " i can clean up the sleaze" piety that gets me most. Cause he is the sleeze - encourgaged it for a specific purpose - his own advancement, helps him manipulate people, feel morally superiorl iiterally he keep files to be deployed when it suits his purposes. <br /><br />And just look at the creeps he's promoted, createdAlan Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238599957331198637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-65377115684577442352009-06-08T11:10:03.506+01:002009-06-08T11:10:03.506+01:00Alan, you used the word "who" a lot in y...Alan, you used the word "who" a lot in your post. So who would you like to replace Brown?<br /><br />I really don't think there's a viable alternative. If he is to be replaced, it'll be by another so called New Labour drongo (Milliband i suspect) who will probably be forced to hold a lose a General Election.<br /><br />So we'll then have a nasty right wing Tory government and a tiny and powerless, right wing Labour opposition.<br /><br />I would prefer Brown to stay as leader until after a General Election when the Labour Party might have a long, hard look at itself, realise that its core vote has deserted it and elect someone worthy of leading a socialist party.<br /><br />We don't need progressives to jump on the bandwagon and do the right wing press's job for them. We should be concentrating on getting independence for Scotland and in the meantime, minimising the harm done to us by reactionary government in Westiminster.naldohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17563789247589179756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-35143558499690163282009-06-08T09:35:35.114+01:002009-06-08T09:35:35.114+01:00AWC,
Aye and that means 85% didn't vote for h...AWC,<br /><br />Aye and that means 85% didn't vote for him.<br /><br />I do hope he either gets a vote of no confidence or his plotters pull the rug from under.<br /><br />He is the biggest w@nk*r in politics today and still insists on sending our men and women to die for his ego - war criminal.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />CDCrazyDaisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649222063383489990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-86880459847387960602009-06-08T09:15:40.271+01:002009-06-08T09:15:40.271+01:00Thanks huumingbird and others
The proscess may be...Thanks huumingbird and others<br /><br />The proscess may be similar to Bush, but remember Blair/Brown are Labour - "our" guys! So whilst, if even at their worse never as nakedly reactioanary as Bush or Chaney, the dissappointment is so much greater, since we had positve expectations - it was progressives and poor folks that put them there...Only for then to involve us in illagal wars, see the gap between te haves and the have not widen, the bankers feted - and now we find out in graphic detail most of them personally enrich themseves and their families whilst they did all this. Whilst near bankrupting the country<br /><br />And what are our outlets for protest? Because in a UK context anyway, it effectvelt teh Tory Party or worse...two fasicts elected last night no the European parliament<br /><br />In the US I dont need to tell had Obama - and Hilary as not a bad second choice. And a raft of other good people i'm sure.<br /><br />Here it is just so depressing...wher do the good guys go? But in Scotland we are so lucky to have a positve, progressive and credible alternatve in te SNP who deservedly had its best result ver last night in our Euro elections.<br /><br /> But to my former friends in the Labour Party what are they left doing? - propping up a corrupt corpse, and one that has used and abused them now for a decade or more. But still they let them do it. <br /><br />Only 15% voted Labour last night - think about that, the party of Government, the party of the mainstarem "left", the people ---in the midddle of aneconomic recession. But still the leader of this shambles hangs on...thinks he is "the best man for the job"...and they all say "here hear"....how incredibly sadAlan Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238599957331198637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-9957277955323666782009-06-08T04:37:02.352+01:002009-06-08T04:37:02.352+01:00I have read your blogs for sometime now. I think y...I have read your blogs for sometime now. I think you may be at the place we Americans found ourselves in with George Bush. We learned how he got there. Some of us know the why's. But you know what was the hardest one? <br /><br />How do we get rid of him and those who think like him? I wish you luck. I found your blog very heartfelt and I understand your lament. <br /><br />P.S. I love you videos too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08384493980892432222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-88046275583647835562009-06-07T22:25:12.000+01:002009-06-07T22:25:12.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Colin Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991363859883869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-6541199029069182962009-06-07T22:23:26.512+01:002009-06-07T22:23:26.512+01:00So much pent up anger and frustration. Hard to bel...So much pent up anger and frustration. Hard to believe from afar that people would be angrier with Gordon Brown than Maggie. Clearly delusional.Colin Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991363859883869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-83411694955451669712009-06-07T18:59:44.268+01:002009-06-07T18:59:44.268+01:00I’ve made a video of the 3 cups won by barça this ...I’ve made a video of the 3 cups won by barça this year. You can have a look if you want.<br /><br />I don’t know why I can’t write comments in your other blog (toffeetunes). Try to comment there because maybe nobody can. However I have to say that your songs are fantastic!<br />Bye!Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103835816174512572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246949609296207366.post-42271589400720614782009-06-07T18:54:23.821+01:002009-06-07T18:54:23.821+01:00Well said Alan. I still say he'll hold on unt...Well said Alan. I still say he'll hold on until the bitter end. Many on PB are saying no but hopefully I'll be proved wrong.<br /><br />Oh did you know Alan Sugar's company got a government contract for supplying computers last year? Worth around £30million it is. If you want the link let me know and I'll try to find it.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.com