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Today Nick Clegg was featured in the Independent spouting off about what kind of post election deal he would be looking for and so on, I am just not convinced and neither I suspect are the electorate at large. On top of that, I am not that sure that a “Hung Parliament” will actually come about either, I suspect that the public will choose between more of Brown and Labour or David Cameron.

The reality is that Clegg and the LibDems have failed miserably to capitalize on Labours weakened position over these past two years. By now in the polls, the LibDems should have pushed Labour into third place on a potential 17-18 percent of the vote and they haven’t.

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The Independent in their infinite wisdom is trying hard to make some significant mileage out of the Lord Ashcroft and his domicile/tax status none of which I find remotely interesting or relevant however to Labour and the “Cleggies”, they are very frightened of Ashcroft.

The reason because he has been carefully targeting over 100 key marginal seats which could prove crucial if the current national polls are anything near correct come polling day. In fact what Ashcroft is doing is exactly what the LibDems should have been doing for these past two years in order to displace the Labour Party as the alternative party to the Conservatives.

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Sometimes it might be better not to write some Editorials and a prime example was this one in the Independent today on Lord Ashcroft funding and directing the Tory campaign in over 100 key marginal seats. http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-how-money-can-distort–the-democratic-process-1912359.html

The whole Lord Ashcroft thing is rather boring in the sense that the Law bans foreign nationals from funding British Politics for obvious reasons but a British national who arranges his affairs to minimise tax is hardly the same case. Also one might question the Labour Party’s acceptance of the support of Rupert Murdoch and the Sun Newspaper, he is now an American citizen and before that, Australian. Some people do not only write total crap, they obviously think it too.

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The former Europe Minister Denis MacShane wrote an article on the EU intended to show that the EU is wonderful and the “Beastly Tories” will detach us from it which given the difficulties Greece is currently in, hardly seems a sensible approach to reality.

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/denis-macshane-shame-on-those-now-sneering-at-the-european-project-1900566.html

However as an election has to take place in months, the Labour Party is dragging “any old has been” off the back benches to write “wicked Tory” articles on any and every topic they can, what a sad sack of shit this Labour Government has become.

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I have often of late complained of journalists writing up lots of worthless foam from the mouth about the current state of UK politics. I can have a certain empathy with them, they need to try and make it all look exciting and interesting, even if it isn’t because they need to hang on to their jobs but, are they contributing anything ? I doubt it why I have a picture here of Mr Smug himself…

I have had for some time now a feeling that the next election has already been decided some time ago and it is that Gordon Brown and Labour are out and fluctuations in the polls will not change that fact. It is in this sense that I wonder whether the people with the decision, the electorate, are even listening.

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I’m always up for a laugh but was astounded with the joint call by the deplorable Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt both of whom are “standing down at the next election”, for a secret ballot on Gordon Brown as the Leader of the Labour Party – to clear the air ! One wonders who is pulling their strings on this one, Harmon, Darling ?

What a hoot ! If anybody has the slightest doubt about the result of the next election in that Gordon Brown and Labour will be thrown out of Office and David Cameron will be the next Prime Minister with a good working majority, there goes the proof. It might have been a good idea a year ago but now, it can only be described as a death wish, perhaps they should “re-brand” as the Lemming Party.

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There is a regular columnist in the Independent called John Rentoul who is a serious Labour Party supporter and often writes some interesting articles however today, I thought that whilst he raised some good points he also wrote some really daft stuff.

In simple terms he was advocating that the Labour Party removed Brown before the General Election to improve their prospects but anyway, looked towards a Plan B about the Leadership post an election defeat. Worth a read to hence the link: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-rentoul/john-rentoul-i-know-a-man-who-can-keep-the-new-labour-flame-burning-1858850.html

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That the starting gun has started for the General Election is clear as is the fact that Gordon brown being the cowardly wimp he is, won’t call it until May, we are therefore in for the most boring 5 months imaginable.

It is all a total waste of time because the result must surely be inevitable, Brown out of Downing Street and out of British politics altogether, David Cameron the next Prime Minister and following that, a surge of self confidence that could get the economy floating again. Still we are forced to wait and therefore an amusing little story someone sent me today in an email, it should make you smile…

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The General Election if with rather a long run in, is now under way and a question often raised goes something like; “Why hasn’t Cameron sealed the deal with the electorate, Blair was streets ahead this time back in 1997.”

However whilst that is true, to expect the same pattern to day as in 1997 it is also to imagine that this is the ever optimistic USA rather than the UK where people tend to hold memories more than hopes, particularly as it is obvious that whoever forms the Government, we are entering an age of relative austerity.

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The General Election Campaign is under way and the opening shots were fired by Labour with an attempt at a re-run of the “Tory Toffs” theme from last year’s Nantwich and Crewe by-election, it appears that Gordon “Dirty Slugger” Brown has got his way again, Labour will fight a crude and desperate campaign.

The main topic will be Cameron’s promise to allow a free vote on whether to repeal the legislation on the Fox Hunting ban which will be “proof” for Labour of how the “Tories” are disconnected from the concerns of ordinary people. In reality the legislation should be repealed on the grounds that is so poorly drafted that it is unenforceable, so much so that the Police have given up even trying.

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