But I still believe that come the Labour Party Conference, in (presumably) October 2003, a great many ordinary delegates / members will harbour a great deal of resentment against Tony Blair for what has happened. And if this resentment (to put it no more strongly) is ever going to find an outlet, it could be here. Of all the opportunities that large numbers of progressive people have tried to find to voice their opposition to the war, this might be the one that he finds hardest to avoid.
Leadership challenges, official ructions? Maybe. But how about half the hall, when Blair takes the stage for his big moment, starting to chant (fill in the words of your choice: 'Murderer', 'No', whatever), and not stopping until he's been forced to retire from the podium?
I suppose I don't see it coming to that. Maybe nothing at all will happen. But still - 6 months to go before we find out.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 3 April 2003 11:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
The only one to compare with it is one about Blair which has now DISAPPEARED from ilx!
What is it about my Labour Party threads?
― the pinefox, Thursday, 3 April 2003 12:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
I read that Blair kind of took for granted that a lot of his party would be against the WAR, and almost relished it. Facing down rebellious conferences wins votes for Labour leaders - well that's what I read somewhere, anyway.
― DV (dirtyvicar), Thursday, 3 April 2003 13:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 4 April 2003 15:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 15 July 2003 11:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 11:22 (twenty years ago) link
orders givenbooks were cookedon the 4th of the 3rdhow many seen or heard?on the 12th of the 3rdhow many dead or alive?
― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 11:34 (twenty years ago) link
And the assembled throng loved it! Standing ovation and everything. From Brown's point of view, it couldn't have gone better.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 29 September 2003 20:25 (twenty years ago) link
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 1 October 2003 21:58 (twenty years ago) link
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 28 September 2004 14:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jedermann sein eigener Fussball (Dada), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― the bellefox, Tuesday, 28 September 2004 15:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jedermann sein eigener Fussball (Dada), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 15:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jedermann sein eigener Fussball (Dada), Tuesday, 28 September 2004 15:21 (nineteen years ago) link
The unemployed should be forced to take a job after no more than two years on the dole to end stop them spending a 'lifetime on benefits', Labour will say today.
Rachel Reeves is challenging David Cameron to back Labour's plan for a jobs guarantee to limit Jobseekers Allowance to a year for under 25s and two years for older workers.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, the shadow work and pensions secretary warned the country cannot afford leaving people 'stuck on benefits for years on end'.
― nakhchivan, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 19:26 (nine years ago) link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2977991/What-tall-story-Labour-forced-deny-claims-Miliband-stood-box-pictured-6ft-6in-MP.html
― poc het ino (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
local council candidate knocked on my door on Saturday, she tried to look sympathetic when i told her the party was dead to me but she didn't seem inclined to argue the ish, guess they've already given up
― daed bod (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 01:05 (nine years ago) link
A Labour spokesperson said Blair would be involved in the campaign, adding: “We’re delighted that Tony Blair has given so generously to the local campaigns in the battleground seats our party is targeting at this general election.
“Our campaign is not based on big posters, talking over the heads of voters, or the sound and fury of Westminster politics. It is based on millions of conversations with people on their doorsteps and in their communities.”
― poc het ino (nakhchivan), Thursday, 5 March 2015 01:36 (nine years ago) link