tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post4138381746786515396..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: May 3 and beyondPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-50721316627291556982007-04-12T19:57:00.000+01:002007-04-12T19:57:00.000+01:00You're right about spin. I think that the Tories w...You're right about spin. I think that the Tories will continue to soft-pedal until the final week of the campaign - then I fully expect us to go for the jugular with an all-out assault. That's what I think we should do anyway.Praguetoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520923731691837948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-82142953154108138922007-04-09T23:41:00.000+01:002007-04-09T23:41:00.000+01:00The impact of Labour losing MSP constituency seats...The impact of Labour losing MSP constituency seats to the SNP will cause carnage in the run up to the next UK general election. So many MSPs share offices with MPs that the reorganisation and loss of income to pay leases will be telling but more importantly, Labour in Scotland will lose half their councillor base on 3 May. So no councillors and families to plead the MPs case on the ground, get Tartan Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349865980640474307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-23013163924778827562007-04-09T16:43:00.000+01:002007-04-09T16:43:00.000+01:00In a word, carnage.In a word, carnage.susan presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14184296742644071259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-62023476400986982802007-04-08T14:49:00.000+01:002007-04-08T14:49:00.000+01:00Local government elections matter slightly more th...Local government elections matter slightly more than Paul suggests, when successive poor performances (or outright thrashings) in local elections weaken a party's activist base. The ex-councillors are disillusioned when they've lost their allowances (and ability to influence things), the activists are less motivated when there are fewer (if any) councillors defending their seats, and there's a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-77103160902926614982007-04-07T18:24:00.000+01:002007-04-07T18:24:00.000+01:00It was, of course, St Thomas a Beckett of blessed ...It was, of course, St Thomas a Beckett of blessed memory who was the 'meddlesome priest', not More, who was not a priest.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04688585604184627555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-19288653745200968162007-04-07T13:21:00.000+01:002007-04-07T13:21:00.000+01:00I think that Blair is so annoyed with Brown that h...I think that Blair is so annoyed with Brown that he is prepared to threaten Labour's re-election chances rather than let "this meddlesome priest" (Thomas More) inherit his legacy. Either this is all very personal, or there is something very wrong with Brown behind the scenes...Perhaps its like the Kennedy family?<BR/><BR/>Honey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com