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major_clanger) wrote2010-05-07 11:33 am
major_clanger) wrote2010-05-07 11:33 am
Major Clanger's Election Roundup
Overall: What a mess. Not just a hung Parliament, but one where there isn't even an obvious solid coalition. My own bet now is that Labour and the LibDems stand back to allow Cameron to form a minority government, wait as he introduces austerity measures that in all honesty any incoming government would have had to adopt, then force a vote of no confidence and a fresh election once the Tories' popularity rating falls through the floor. That may be a cynical view but I think it's also a realistic one.
Worst news: Dr Evan Harris losing Oxford West and Abingdon by a sliver. Dr Harris - informally dubbed the Member for Scientific Evidence-based Policy Making within the UK Skeptic movement - was a tower of support during the Simon Singh libel trial and one of the most trenchant Parliamentary critics of the growing influence of pseudoscience into public policy.
Best News: George Galloway not only not winning in my constituency but actually getting fewer votes than the previous (and far less well-known) Respect candidate did in 2005. I'll leave you to form your own views on why he decided to stand in a different constituency this time around instead of fighting Bethnal Green and Bow again. I know there are people who read this who have time for him, but personally I find him one of the most odious individuals in British politics, and I hope he now departs into well-deserved obscurity.
What Clangers think of elections.
Worst news: Dr Evan Harris losing Oxford West and Abingdon by a sliver. Dr Harris - informally dubbed the Member for Scientific Evidence-based Policy Making within the UK Skeptic movement - was a tower of support during the Simon Singh libel trial and one of the most trenchant Parliamentary critics of the growing influence of pseudoscience into public policy.
Best News: George Galloway not only not winning in my constituency but actually getting fewer votes than the previous (and far less well-known) Respect candidate did in 2005. I'll leave you to form your own views on why he decided to stand in a different constituency this time around instead of fighting Bethnal Green and Bow again. I know there are people who read this who have time for him, but personally I find him one of the most odious individuals in British politics, and I hope he now departs into well-deserved obscurity.
What Clangers think of elections.
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His replacement has a nice singing voice (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8667143.stm).