AtrocityExhibition wrote:
CraigGrannell wrote:
As gitish as the current gits are, I've not really seen a great deal from Labour to suggest they'd be any less git-like in government. The Labour crowing—"We're back! The electorate trusts us again!"—is almost as galling as the rampant stupid coming from the coalition itself. Show us some damn policies! Have some bloody backbone!
I don't disagree with you, but it's early days for Labour in opposition and I think time is on their side, especially since the coalition appear so determined to exact a policy of self-immolation - (which is appropriate, since they're so busy crashing and burning the population of the country with their fundamentalist austerity bollocks, go on you cunts, beat up on disabled people some more!) - Miliband is looking better as time goes on, and he properly got the better of Cameron at PMQs last week.
The Tories look rattled, they look like what they are, a posh old-boys' network running government for the convenience of their rich chums - I think the next general election is Labour's to win.
This is not to say that New Labour under Blair and Brown didn't do a whole load of total shit, but it was at least well-intentioned shit in the main, this coalition government is fucking evil.
Miliband has been quite clear that he's not going to churn out policies that won't be relevant or appropriate come the election, and that Labours job now is to keep the coalition in check, and they're doing a fair job across the commons at present. The coalition isn't getting away with much in debates, even if they are the dominant votic bloc. Indeed Milliband has come across to me today as being fairly humble in the main, even if the snippet being repeat-quoted is him saying labour have re-won trust. They demonstrably have regained a bit, but I feel the message I've got is that the main work is yet to be done and labour must not be complacent. As such I'm surprised by Craig's reading of that bit, if not his overalls view of labour.
I'm not much of a fan of Milliband though, and I think one of his main problems is that he refuses to truncate his message for the masses and the puckered arsehole of opportunity the media offers opposition leaders to make points through at times. Nonetheless I can see why he does it... And can see how in a year or two when the policies get wheeled out he might not have any chinks in his armour from over reaching himself now.
On an entirely separate note, if one more lib dem councillor blames their tsunami of fail on national issues I shall scream. From Cardiff to hull via Manchester, their constant mailbox spamming has for a good many years now been condescending, negative, sensationalist and a huge turn off for people like me who are quite happy to vote lib dem when the right candidate puts themselves forward.
For the record, I have voted for all three main parties, the greens and socialist labour in the past. I might lean slightly to the left but I'll not stick to a party out of bloody mindedness or blind idealism.