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Britannist · 09-05-2008, 03:55 PM

As we know, the next General Election could be over two years away.

The EU Elections (June 2009) may well come before the next General Election and Gordon Brown/Labour will be hoping to do better in those than in last week's poll (many strong Labour-voting areas - including the populous Labour stronghold of Glasgow/Clyde - did not have elections last week).

By the time the next General Election is held the Government could have delivered two more budgets and Gordon Brown may not even be Prime Minister/Labour leader (although it is assumed by most that he will be).

The press are concentrating on Gordon Brown's position as Prime Minister at this time after local election defeats for his party last week: but what about committed europhile Clegg - leader of that political arm of the EU in the UK who call themselves the Liberal 'Democrats'?

Under Clegg's so-called leadership his party last week got 1% less of the national projected vote than his party secured a year earlier under the leadership of Sir Menzies Campbell (who was removed for not leading his party to election successes). The Liberal 'Democrats' got their worst local election results vote share for a decade on 1.5.2008 with Clegg as their leader.

Labour had an excuse for not doing well last in last week's local/London elections: they are in power and have made many mistakes (not that they are admitting that they have caused the problems voters are rightly complaining about).

But what is europhile Clegg's excuse for his party's worst local election performance in 10 years?

09-05-2008, 03:55 PM	#93 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Election, EU, Brown, Labour, poll, Clegg, Sir Menzies Campbell, local, London As we know, the next General Election could be over two years away. The EU Elections (June 2009) may well come before the next General Election and Gordon Brown/Labour will be hoping to do better in those than in last week's poll (many strong Labour-voting areas - including the populous Labour stronghold of Glasgow/Clyde - did not have elections last week). By the time the next General Election is held the Government could have delivered two more budgets and Gordon Brown may not even be Prime Minister/Labour leader (although it is assumed by most that he will be). The press are concentrating on Gordon Brown's position as Prime Minister at this time after local election defeats for his party last week: but what about committed europhile Clegg - leader of that political arm of the EU in the UK who call themselves the Liberal 'Democrats'? Under Clegg's so-called leadership his party last week got 1% less of the national projected vote than his party secured a year earlier under the leadership of Sir Menzies Campbell (who was removed for not leading his party to election successes). The Liberal 'Democrats' got their worst local election results vote share for a decade on 1.5.2008 with Clegg as their leader. Labour had an excuse for not doing well last in last week's local/London elections: they are in power and have made many mistakes (not that they are admitting that they have caused the problems voters are rightly complaining about). But what is europhile Clegg's excuse for his party's worst local election performance in 10 years? Last edited by Britannist; 09-05-2008 at 04:08 PM.