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Yeah. I can live with that.
Blair's back - no surprise there - but he no longer has a large enough majority to push anything controversial through parliament. Unsurprisingly, Labour's "awkward squad" did better than most of the Blair loyalists in the elections. And Gordon Brown can see a promotion in his future.
The Liberal Democrats made gains. They're the strongest they've been in a very long time and they're not going away anytime soon. Nor's Charles Kennedy, from the sound of it.
And the Conservatives are still the official opposition and soon to be without their leader Michael Howard (who is, as others have said, leaving them gracefully and with a remarkable amount of common sense).
Things are changing. By the next election UK politics could be a very different place - and given how they've been stagnating in recent years, that's no bad thing.
Oh yes. And Labour lost the "safest seat in Wales" through their own stupidity. That amused me.
As did Labour MP Bob Marshall Andrews - never one of Blair's greatest fans - live on BBC1, blaming Blair's unpopularity for his defeat in this election and generally putting the boot into the PM. He then won on a recount. That's pure class. :)
Blair's back - no surprise there - but he no longer has a large enough majority to push anything controversial through parliament. Unsurprisingly, Labour's "awkward squad" did better than most of the Blair loyalists in the elections. And Gordon Brown can see a promotion in his future.
The Liberal Democrats made gains. They're the strongest they've been in a very long time and they're not going away anytime soon. Nor's Charles Kennedy, from the sound of it.
And the Conservatives are still the official opposition and soon to be without their leader Michael Howard (who is, as others have said, leaving them gracefully and with a remarkable amount of common sense).
Things are changing. By the next election UK politics could be a very different place - and given how they've been stagnating in recent years, that's no bad thing.
Oh yes. And Labour lost the "safest seat in Wales" through their own stupidity. That amused me.
As did Labour MP Bob Marshall Andrews - never one of Blair's greatest fans - live on BBC1, blaming Blair's unpopularity for his defeat in this election and generally putting the boot into the PM. He then won on a recount. That's pure class. :)
