Comments on: UK Goes to the Polls http://www.murkyview.com/archives/2005/05/05/uk-goes-to-the-polls/ Perspectives on Media, Climate, Energy, Politics... in Port Alberni, BC, Canada, the World Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: chrisale http://www.murkyview.com/archives/2005/05/05/uk-goes-to-the-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-2120 chrisale Fri, 06 May 2005 02:28:34 +0000 http://www.murkyview.com/archives/2005/05/05/uk-goes-to-the-polls/#comment-2120 Hi think he's quite similar to Paul Martin. He's the leader of what we would call a Liberal and you would call a Socialist party :). But over the course of his term he has been seen as moving further to the right in his leadership, especially with his strong support of George Bush. This has made him less than popular with a large faction inside his own party... so if they become more prominent then the likelyhood of him losing the next leadership review would increase. Hi think he’s quite similar to Paul Martin. He’s the leader of what we would call a Liberal and you would call a Socialist party :) . But over the course of his term he has been seen as moving further to the right in his leadership, especially with his strong support of George Bush.

This has made him less than popular with a large faction inside his own party… so if they become more prominent then the likelyhood of him losing the next leadership review would increase.

]]> By: jane m http://www.murkyview.com/archives/2005/05/05/uk-goes-to-the-polls/comment-page-1/#comment-2119 jane m Thu, 05 May 2005 20:00:52 +0000 http://www.murkyview.com/archives/2005/05/05/uk-goes-to-the-polls/#comment-2119 I'm guessing that if Blair, after a year or so, finds that he doesn't have enough support from his own party's MPs, he will step down. Or they will push him down (ala Thatcher). However, I'm no expert on the Britsh political scene but I would guess Blair's a died-in-the-wool socialist-Labour politician and wants to advance the socialist agends so why would his own party not vote for his proposals? Or is he only quasi-socialist? I confess, I'm uninformed regarding politics in the UK. I’m guessing that if Blair, after a year or so, finds that he doesn’t have enough support from his own party’s MPs, he will step down.
Or they will push him down (ala Thatcher). However, I’m no expert on the Britsh political scene but I would guess Blair’s a died-in-the-wool socialist-Labour politician and wants to advance the socialist agends so why would his own party not vote for his proposals? Or is he only quasi-socialist? I confess, I’m uninformed regarding politics in the UK.

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