Comments on: Sickened Alice Mahon Quits Labour

By: Whit

Whit — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:28:54 +0000

People ask why it took so long for Alice to show her conscience. Obviously only Alice knows that, but I suspect like others of us in The Labour Party, she was hoping that New Labour could be ousted, and The Party reclaimed. The recent Email scandal (although it was a relatively minor incident, compared to the Wars we have been dragged into, and the way the Working Class have been betrayed), was I suspect, the last straw.
Some writing here seem to think the loss of a General Election will get rid of New Labour. Clearly, when all the self seeking New Labour MP’s lose their publicly funded meal ticket, they will go elsewhere (probably on the Board of some Bank that they have previously rescued), and hopefully principle and integrity will return. My belief is that New Labour will see the error of their ways before the next election – indeed I think this is already happening (an increase in taxation for the rich -as announced in yesterday’s budget – being an example).

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:04:58 +0000

Why didn’t she leave earlier you ask?

Expenses my dears, expenses.

By: Sean O

Sean O — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:41:36 +0000

@277 you are right. Now that Obama has released the Bush torture memorandums I can not see how Blair could not have known about them either. Blair was effectively a right hand man to Bush and his lap dog in Europe. He knew and probably authorised British Security Service officials to do the same. The US may be to weak willed to prosecute for War Crimes, the UK should not be.

President Obama has provided evidence to go for the criminal prosecution of Tony Blair.

By: That's News

That's News — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:18:22 +0000

“My stepdaughter Rachel said to me: ‘How could they do that to people like David Cameron and his wife Samantha when they had recently lost their son Ivan? What kind of people think it would be a good idea to smear them?’

That’s a bloody good question, Rachel.

What kind of people, indeed?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:41:35 +0000

@ Anon 266, I assumed anon 243 was being sarcastic. He must be being sarcastic, right? SURELY he’s being sarcastic?????

By: To my shame, I once voted Labour.

To my shame, I once voted Labour. — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:31:46 +0000

@Anon 266

My word, you don’t sugar coat the pill do you? But I like the cut of yer jib! I agree, Parliament was responsible for approving a decision to go to war and all the MPs and Lords who failed in their duty are culpable. Most culpable, however, are Blair and his cult followers who knew that the information that was given to the Parliament were, at best, inconclusive and, at worst, entirely fabricated.

It seems to me that Brown is in the brownstuff, big time, and that a Vote of No Confidence would see him in the unemployment queues. Any party that commited to recalling Blair and his ministers to stand trial for their self serving deceptions (costing more than 1 million lives) would get my vote.

I am no lawyer but it is my own opinion that the damage that has been done to our country might well constitute treason.

Further, that the supine ‘cabinet’ who allowed the case for war to be pushed through without discussion are accesories to a crime and they should face trial for it.

Recent scandals re. this rabble of a ‘government’ indicate that they are, in the main, self promoting, liars, cheats and thieves. We should not allow them to prosper.

By: Pete's not impressed

Pete's not impressed — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:40:28 +0000

This isn’t the dead tree press or twitter. You can have paragraphs without loosing text. It’s the big key with an arrow on it.

Re Labour/Commies. Can’t agree I’m afraid. The daft following the dishonest as far as I’m concerned and as for principal, everybody has a different version. It’s what starts wars.

Anyway lets move on it’s yesterday’s news about a yesterday woman.

By: Charlie Whelan ate my hampster

Charlie Whelan ate my hampster — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:47:00 +0000

Getting on for 3am now, I\ve watched various news bulletins: Sky leading with sleaze and Mahon stories at some length. ZanuBBC gave both stories combined a less than 1 minute mention on the last hourly bulletin, 20 mins into it.

By: Charlie Whelan ate my hampster

Charlie Whelan ate my hampster — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:52:59 +0000

The problem is that the membership of the party is at an all-time low (understandably) so only a very few fanatics get to choose parliamentary candidates. In this instance you have a stand-off between the Blairite and Brownite factions (Old Labour doesn’t get much of a look-in)

Then because the elctorate is so spineless and just goes out and votes for its tribal party, and so you get these fanatics and children pretending to run the country.

God help us all. If only this could signal the end of party politics. In our dreams…

By: Charlie Whelan ate my hampster

Charlie Whelan ate my hampster — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:42:13 +0000

Yes, using ‘postal votes’. Will the party stand for this? Is it totally corrupted?

One thing is for sure, if they do try to use some ‘national crisis’ as a reason to postpone an election, there WILL be rioting on the streets, and on a large scale