Tuesday, 6 October 2009

The endless cycle of false hope

I feel that trying to find reasons to support Labour under Brown at the moment is a bit like going to your family for Christmas dinner.
You really want to enjoy yourself but inevitably, as the dry turkey is served and the limp party hats come out, you realise that it's going to be the exactly the same as it was every year before and you'd rather be doing something else.
By the time next year comes around, you've sort of forgotten and hope surges again...
This is how I feel every week about Labour.
And then I see Gordon on the news ....
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7 comments:

  1. Gordon Bennett6 October 2009 at 14:00

    So what's the alternative? (See post on the Greens.) Not to exercise your democratic vote, to vote strategically or something far more unpalatable...?

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  2. Billericay6 October 2009 at 14:08

    You are inevitably coming to the conclusion that it's time for a change. And you know what that means - something less unpalatable than the current crop of hangers-onto-power.

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  3. Anton6 October 2009 at 14:17

    The alternative - to be utterly depressed or hope for a hung parliament. Perhaps we should have an option on the voting slip that says "I am not happy with any of this". Better than spoiling the ballot paper and might get the chunk that don't vote to register a protest. But perhaps an overly optimistic view on political engagement there.

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  4. Gordon Bennett6 October 2009 at 14:22

    Perhaps 'I am not happy with any of this' might actually get a majority vote...would be an interesting name for a new party.

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  5. Griff7 October 2009 at 11:51

    For this to really work it needs to be taken up, remembered and catch on with the kids when they're texting each other. If we could change the party name to I Am Not Tickety-boo With Any of This then we've got the acronym and we just need to find a candidate whose name is Ian....

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  6. Unknown7 October 2009 at 14:55

    We must remind them that we the electorate have the power, not them. Get off our arses, find one good man or woman from each constituency who will stand not on some big issue but a small, local issue that no one can disagree with. Win power. Sit for a month and then resign. Call ourselves 4 Glorious Weeks.

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  7. Gordon Bennett8 October 2009 at 11:23

    I like that last one - still requires stumping up a deposit and hoping that there are enough compelling local issues to give people a chance of winning.

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