tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905040611865595428.post3420941130068810112..comments2023-12-23T01:50:58.650+00:00Comments on Events Dear Boy, Events: Will Gordon Brown offer Nick Clegg the ultimate prize?Events dear boy, eventshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13027032420000802501noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905040611865595428.post-26179202304852002122010-05-05T17:44:08.332+01:002010-05-05T17:44:08.332+01:00Would it be such a disaster for Labour if they let...Would it be such a disaster for Labour if they let Clegg be PM? HH would be interim leader and we would get a reasonable length of time to elect the successor. <br /><br />In the meantime the Tories might well start hammering on the big red button, disappear off to the right, and when the next election comes along it could be a two horse race with a centrist labour party picking up disillusioned centrist Tories (the same people who voted for Blair) and the LibDems positioning themselves on the left - Labour gets to hold the sane centre<br /><br />Just sayin'. Let Cleggy have his chance, get the LibDems into the mainstream. Not too bad for the country or the Labour partySam Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18175863267472900468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905040611865595428.post-23931227965956727182010-05-05T12:53:25.710+01:002010-05-05T12:53:25.710+01:00Very amusing.Very amusing.Events dear boy, eventshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13027032420000802501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905040611865595428.post-69041167652516208932010-05-05T11:40:26.515+01:002010-05-05T11:40:26.515+01:00Writing fantasy fiction is fun so I'll continu...Writing fantasy fiction is fun so I'll continue your story if I may.<br /><br />June 2010<br /><br />Vince Cable retires from British politics to head the IMF. Brown is seen wandering around London looking angry. Nokia stock market value doubles.<br /><br />July 2010<br /><br />The unions wouldn’t give Labour any money (because they paid for the last election but got Clegg) so the Labour party is officially made bankrupt. <br /><br />'Labour 3.0' (as the replacement party has branded itself) has 200 MP's, which together with Clegg's 120 enable Clegg to a govern as a minority government.<br /><br />The Labour left split off in disgust at the idea of being led by a LibDem PM - years of being led by the Tory Blair were about as much as they could stand. <br /><br />August 2010<br /><br />Clegg, who was briefly (for two weeks) the most popular PM since Churchill, now holds the opposite distinction of being even more unpopular than Brown. His 100,000 pound 'mansion tax' to pay for the income tax cut and 25% VAT to pay off the debt are very unpopular. Clegg blames Vince for getting his sums wrong.<br /><br />September 2010<br /><br />Ed Balls wins a by-election in Vince’s old seat. Ed Balls immediately takes over as leader of 'Old Labour'. Peter Mandelson blames Vince for the loss of the seat and announces that he too will re-enter parliament in a by-election. Clegg keeps quiet.<br /><br />October 2010<br /><br />There are riots in the streets as the new petrol and flight taxes become law. Clegg blames Vince for the green tax policy.<br /><br />November 2010<br /><br />Paddy Ashdown, the defense minister, announces that the British army is pulling out of Afghanistan because we can’t afford it anymore. Clegg blames Paddy. Paddy blames Vince.<br /><br />December 2010<br /><br />The EURO referendum fails with a 90% no vote. Nobody is surprised. Clegg announces ‘British notes for British banks’ and blames Vince for the EURO policy.<br /><br />January 2011<br /><br />The immigration amnesty bill becomes law. 2 million illegal immigrants become British citizens. 4 million new illegal immigrants enter the country via France. Clegg blames Vince for the immigration policy.<br /><br />February 2011<br /><br />The government becomes even more unpopular as he announces the cancellation of the winter fuel allowance and free bus passes. Clegg blames Vince for being old.<br /><br />March 2011<br /><br />Clegg is forced to go to the country because he loses a confidence vote on scrapping Trident and replacing it with a British alternative that costs twice as much and does not actually work. Clegg blames Vince for the Trident policy. <br /><br />April 2011<br /><br />Clegg failed to get his voting reforms through the Lords. Clegg blames Vince and promises that this will be the last ever first-past-the-post election and he will change it when he gets re-elected.<br /><br />May 2011<br /><br />'Labour 3.0' are initially declared winners with 95% of the vote, but after 70 million postal votes are disqualified Boris Johnson’s Conservatives romp home with 70% of the vote. He only manages to get a working majority of 3 seats due to boundary changes.<br /><br />Apart from the union sponsored 'Old Labour' (which have 20 MPs) the country is back to two party politics. <br /><br />The SNP gained all the seats on Scotland as the LibDems and Labour were wiped out. The independence bill is expected shortly. (Note: I was going to say that the Tories gain all the seats in Scotland, but that was a fantasy too far).<br /><br />Speculation is rife that 'Labour 3.0' will formally merge with the LibDems as they only have 4 seats (Alan Johnson, David Milliband, Peter Mandelson and Harriet Harman). HH storms off in disgust and refuses to join. AJ is elected leader of the Labour Party. Peter Mandelson announces he is to quit parliament and go back to Europe. <br /><br />June 2012<br /><br />Osborne finally gets a look at the books and calls in the IMF. Vince arrives from the IMF, smiles to himself then refuses to bail out the country blaming Clegg.<br /><br />A media frenzy breaks out.The Managementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096318663704341944noreply@blogger.com