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[mrph]

Tony Blair appears to have accepted the inevitable and is expected to finally announce a timetable for his resignation within hours

I know that some of you will disagree, but I have to believe this is a good thing. Blair's been there too long, he's lost his credibility and he needs to go.

I don't want to see Labour disintegrate completely - it's not healthy for British democracy when one party is unelectable - but they have to face the future and start fixing the things that the Blair years have broken.

Personally, I reckon he'll be gone before the end of January. Perhaps sooner.

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[zarbi.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think the Tories in 2009 would be different - Labour has 'ratched things on' in terms of some issues.

But, you are right about ID cards etc - I actually read some comment about voting in the Tories because the objected to some right-wing New Labour policies! A bit extreme, perhaps, but I can see their point.

I finally gave up on Blair when he appointed Ruth Kelly in some position to do with equality, when she is a member of a far-right Catholic group - that was the last straw for me.....

Perhaps Brown will be different?

[jorune.livejournal.com]

By all accounts, Brown is worse than Blair in his autocratic moments. Tony was speaking from a background of Anglo-Catholicism 'Come on, let's be reasonable about this'. Gordon comes from a background of solid Presbyterianism 'You'll stay oot in tha rain because it's guid for ye and nae shoes neither!'

[zarbi.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, but he is more intelligent than Blair, and possibly less likely to say nutty things about allowing schools to teach creationism and such stuff. One can imagine Gordon rolling his eyes and shaking his head on hearing of such nonsense. Brown is likely to have some very intelligent and capable people with him, such as Milliband and Balls, and not nutters like Kelly.