tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552546590454255139.post995211909283722825..comments2023-10-31T14:35:28.701+00:00Comments on Amlwch to Magor (up to January 2009): PR vs LibertyHen Ferchetanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824537681698480500noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552546590454255139.post-19794641544398432432008-06-12T12:06:00.000+01:002008-06-12T12:06:00.000+01:00These increasingly frequent events leave the polit...These increasingly frequent events leave the political process in disrepute. The Labour government in Westminster has arrived at a similar position to the last Conservative administration (for both similar and different reasons) where one can have nothing but contempt for it's representatives and their behaviour.<BR/>One just wishes them gone.Steffanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820620662851695539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552546590454255139.post-89887467428681769932008-06-12T08:24:00.000+01:002008-06-12T08:24:00.000+01:00It seems that Brown has won his popularity contest...<EM>It seems that Brown has won his popularity contest to get the 42 day limit on terrorist suspects</EM><BR/><BR/>He won the vote, it's true but the amount of horse-trading involved to reach that point shows how weak his position is within his own party. <BR/><BR/>The simple mathmatics dictate that if he'd had to rely on his own MPs, then he would have lost. <BR/><BR/>In the wider world outside Westminster, I fear he may have indeed had a PR result, most of the right-wing tabloids are giving pretty positive headlines today.O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.com