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May 09, 2005
Blair's minority?
Well, our Illustrious Leader got himself and his party of closet communists re-elected, primarily because he has succeeded in re-arranging the electoral boundaries to ensure a built-in majority however the country at large votes. The only ray of sunshine in this is that already the knives are out in his own party to oust him from the Primiership and Leadership - the dark prospect is that this will put Gordon Brown into Number 10 and one of his equally "Old" Socialist chums into the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Interestingly, our political leaders and would-be movers and shakers have managed to generate the sort of apathy that is almost unimagineable to anyone who has a truly democratic system to live with. The turnout for this election is an all time low - the last time it was anywhere near as low was 1919 when there was both a massive 'flu pandemic and the fatigue and disillusionment of the post war struggle to rebuild lives and livelihoods. Blair's "majority" vote is far smaller in terms of vates cast for him or his party, the lowest of any government on record. Hardly a resounding endorsement of him, his party, or their policies!
Wait for it,though - he will claim that he does not need to hold a referendum on the EU Constitution or on joining the single currency - something he seems to have quietly ditched - because "it was in the Manifesto and the People endorsed it." That other arch traitor Peter Hain seems to have done very well out of the re-shuffle and needs to be watched - he is not a man without ambition, and power is his game and his ambition.
It will be interesting to see how this shower of usurpers and cronies portray their "victory" in the coming months. I have no doubt that they will claim that their "majority" vote is a "ringing endorsement" for every stupid and ill-conceived policy and piece of legislation from now until the next opportunity we get to throw them out. Blair claims he will listen more closely in future. I doubt that; he is a man who hears nothing but the echo of his own voice and believes that it is the voice of the nation. Worse, those who will replace him believe that they are the nation.
We are now in for a very sorry five years. Let us pray for a miraculous deliverance!
Posted by The Gray Monk at May 9, 2005 08:08 AM