Saturday 29 March 2008

More Labour Party Conference

A couple of weeks ago, I asked how long Wendy Alexander had left as Scottish Labour Leader. Judging by Gordon Brown’s address at the Labour Party Conference in Aviemore earlier in the week, perhaps my question was a bit premature.

For Brown said

"And I believe that Wendy Alexander is not only the leader of our party here in Scotland but she will be the next first minister of Scotland whenever an election is declared."


As stated in my last post, I think I have about as much chance of getting elected First Minister as Alexander has. Although I can tell Brown exactly when the next election will be declared. It’ll be four years after the previous one!

Will it be four long years of learning for Labour? Perhaps a time to reflect on what went wrong in the previous election and learn the lessons? Maybe a time to stop being obsessed by the SNP and offer their own vision of how they see Scotland’s future?

I say we should stand up for the people of Scotland and for the young children of Scotland and we will be the front line of defence for them against those SNP cuts.
– Gordon Brown

I will lead by exposing the dishonesty of the SNP.
- Wendy Alexander

SNP is taking Scotland back to the days of Margaret Thatcher through local government cuts
– Andy Kerr

Yeah. Right!!

Who is advising the Labour Party? Have they learned anything from their fall from grace last May?

Alexander claimed:

"Here at Aviemore, the fightback has begun. It's time to go to work."


What the hell have they being doing for the last ten and a bit months?

Oh that is right! Firstly they were denying that they lost the election. Then they were saying a long protracted goodbye to their UK leader. Then their Scottish leader decided to give someone else a chance. Step forward Wendy Alexander! Elected unopposed. A fresh start for the Labour Party. But wait a minute, what is this? A dodgy donation?

No wonder they haven’t had time to consider the rest of us!

So how do you think Alexander rates her performance in the months since she took over? This was the very question she was asked during a webcast at the Labour Conference.

We all know most politicians love themselves, so given the donation debacle, you might think she would give herself a 7 or 8 out of 10. But, oh no!! Alexander thinks her performance has been a top notch, can’t be faulted, aspirational 10 out of 10.

The long and short of it is that Labour has learnt nothing from the last election and if they continue in the same vein, they will be a lot longer than four years on the opposition benches.

Friday 28 March 2008

Labour Party Conference

Gordon Brown PM today addressed the party conference in Aviemore and claimed that Wendy Alexander would be the next First Minister of Scotland.

Personally, I think I have more chance of becoming the next first minister, than she does. However, if the unthinkable were to happen, then I would seriously consider leaving the country.

The thought is that unbearable!

Thursday 20 March 2008

Iraq - 5 Years On

According to Pressy Bush, the world is a safer place because the US went to "war" in Iraq.

According to me, that is complete crap.

In the 5 years since the invasion, there have been 82,249 civilian deaths from violence in Iraq alone.

Not to mention, armed forces deaths, terrorist attacks in Australasia, Spain and London, restrictions on air travel etc etc etc.

The Lib Dems, today called for an enquiry into the fiasco. One day they may get one.

And one day, Bush and Blair may get tried for war crimes.