tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post2541789168020798491..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: Wrong in one predictionHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-37434869155456308592010-05-15T18:20:17.000+01:002010-05-15T18:20:17.000+01:00Perhaps I should have said Brown didn't face a...Perhaps I should have said Brown didn't face an election to be leader of his party (because it was too scared to oppose him). <br /><br />When it looked as if Labour and the Fib Dums might coalesce under a new Lab leader, there was squealing on Tory blogs that the arrangement would mean the new PM had not taken part in the televised leaders' debates. Yup, that was their *main* objection!<br /><br />"There is no single document and there may be an argument for having one after we come out of the EU." The certainty implied by "after" has cheered up my weekend a lot. Thank you.Clarencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-88428019457535127852010-05-15T17:10:07.000+01:002010-05-15T17:10:07.000+01:00Clarence,
Gordon Brown did not assume leadership ...Clarence,<br /><br />Gordon Brown did not assume leadership of the Labour Party in some coup. The party decided not to have a contest. That is their choice. After all, until Edward Heath's election as leader the Conservative Party had no contests whatsoever. Leaders merely emerged. It is up to parties to decide who should be their leaders and by what method they should be chosen. That is very different from the leader of the third party becoming Deputy Prime Minister.<br /><br />The British Constittution does exist and some of it is written down and some is not. There is no single document and there may be an argument for having one after we come out of the EU.Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-26587888689440789362010-05-15T15:28:22.000+01:002010-05-15T15:28:22.000+01:00Just the kind of thing Obama or Chavez would do,if...Just the kind of thing Obama or Chavez would do,if they could.renminbinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-45127633797250930942010-05-15T13:41:50.000+01:002010-05-15T13:41:50.000+01:00Top analysis. Gordon Brown was "unelected&quo...Top analysis. Gordon Brown was "unelected" in the sense that in June 2007 he assumed the leadership of his party without a contest.Clarencenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-72946916238001011572010-05-15T10:46:37.000+01:002010-05-15T10:46:37.000+01:00The policrims have found that whatever opposition ...The policrims have found that whatever opposition there is can be easily ignored and the sheep will go back to sleep,for they value trash more than freedom and integrity.r Crossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-8339080741957742802010-05-15T02:03:27.000+01:002010-05-15T02:03:27.000+01:00But why only 55% vote? Why not 99% necessary for t...But why only 55% vote? Why not 99% necessary for the fall of thr government. Goodness, in history, many governments have not been satisfied with 100%.<br /><br />Given that the UK constitution is unwritten, I do not understand how this government can re-write it.Robert of Ottawanoreply@blogger.com