Labour whipped in Brent East by-election

Not just an usual loss, but a more unusual win by the Lib/Dems.

I hope the Brits keep it coming and dump Blair.

 

Actually, the Lib Dems have quite a good record in by-elections. Never seems to make any impact on their overall Commons presence come general election time though.

FWIW, Brent was not the lithmus test for Blair that it was made out to be.

 

The problem is that the Lib-Dems will never get a large enough number of MPs (well not in the next 20 years anyway) to become the biggest party. So it's between Labour and the Torys.
The Tory party as a whole supported the war more than the Labour party. Am I correct?

 

Depends what you mean by “as a whole”. Their official line was more or less the same as that of New Labour. Individually, the number dissenting from the Government’s chosen line was smaller within the Tory party than it was in the Labour party. But that’s only to be expected. The Tories are, by definition, wankers.

 

When I heard the result on the radio this morning I nearly split my sides laughing. Bring back Red Ken, LOL. At least he never lost Brent East.

At least Labour was able to blame it on mid-term protest, etc. The Tories' result was even worse, since they had no such excuse.

By elections are never particularly significant by themselves since the turnout is so low and the overall effect is inconsequential (especially when Blair has 400+ seats). But it is funny.