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g jones · 16-04-2010, 22:04

It would be sad to lose because of an anti-Gordon Brown feeling. I doubt I'll stand again. I'd like to think I'll bring something grassroots to politics that is missing. Yet perversely if I lose I am concerned we creep back to career politicians.

A week is long time in politics. Cameron could go after the election. So could Brown (and the normal thing is to go after not winning if we are being honest). If Taggy 'believes I would make a good MP' and he also believes 'Brown goes, Labour will be resurgent' post Brown, where next?

Was a protest vote/abstention worth it?

I'd like to think we'll vote on what's best for Hyndburn over the next 4 years, not just 2 months if Gordon did decide to pack it in.

16-04-2010, 22:04	#79
g jones Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,125 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 731	Re: the BIG three tonight It would be sad to lose because of an anti-Gordon Brown feeling. I doubt I'll stand again. I'd like to think I'll bring something grassroots to politics that is missing. Yet perversely if I lose I am concerned we creep back to career politicians. A week is long time in politics. Cameron could go after the election. So could Brown (and the normal thing is to go after not winning if we are being honest). If Taggy 'believes I would make a good MP' and he also believes 'Brown goes, Labour will be resurgent' post Brown, where next? Was a protest vote/abstention worth it? I'd like to think we'll vote on what's best for Hyndburn over the next 4 years, not just 2 months if Gordon did decide to pack it in.