Post-election come down
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emonyI'm so tired. I just want to go home and go to bed.
I'm getting over the bitter disappointment of our seat remaining Tory. Well .. no, not really. But I'm thinking about it less. Not only did we lose, the Tories increased their majority from 861 to around 6,000. If I were Simon Cordon, I think I'd be inclined to give up :( We also lost Guildford to the Tory scum, so I am now absolutely surrounded by Tory seats on all sides. Hideous.
On the positive side, the Lib Dems have picked up more seats than they were predicted - 62 so far - which can only be a good thing, and Blair's majority has been severely cut in to. Unfortunately that does mean that the Tories have won some seats, and Letwin *spit*mayheburninhell*spit* and Davis and all those delightful fuckers remain in place.
Still, you can't have everything, and at least we still have a Labour government. I'm quite divided on the George Galloway issue. I think I need to do more research about him and his party before I make any judgements. I feel bad for Oona King though. She seemed pretty decent, as MPs go.
We went out for a post-election plus birthday for two staff members lunch today, which was nice. There has also been much mourning for the loss of The Twigg, who we were all rather fond of.
Still. Life goes on.
I'm getting over the bitter disappointment of our seat remaining Tory. Well .. no, not really. But I'm thinking about it less. Not only did we lose, the Tories increased their majority from 861 to around 6,000. If I were Simon Cordon, I think I'd be inclined to give up :( We also lost Guildford to the Tory scum, so I am now absolutely surrounded by Tory seats on all sides. Hideous.
On the positive side, the Lib Dems have picked up more seats than they were predicted - 62 so far - which can only be a good thing, and Blair's majority has been severely cut in to. Unfortunately that does mean that the Tories have won some seats, and Letwin *spit*mayheburninhell*spit* and Davis and all those delightful fuckers remain in place.
Still, you can't have everything, and at least we still have a Labour government. I'm quite divided on the George Galloway issue. I think I need to do more research about him and his party before I make any judgements. I feel bad for Oona King though. She seemed pretty decent, as MPs go.
We went out for a post-election plus birthday for two staff members lunch today, which was nice. There has also been much mourning for the loss of The Twigg, who we were all rather fond of.
Still. Life goes on.
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Date: 2005-05-06 02:38 pm (UTC)He was so furious at George Galloway and totally disgusted.
Oona King has struggled against a tide of prejudice due to being a woman. But she really worked hard for her constituents. I think they're worse off now they have Galloway as their MP.
Personal revenge is no basis for being a good and legitimate MP.
He actually said in the campaign that due to her support of Blair and the war she was responsible for the death of people with 'blacker faces then her own.'
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Date: 2005-05-06 02:59 pm (UTC)