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Originally Posted by g jones
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.
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Yes Graham..I do believe you would make a good MP...unfortunately i dont believe that if Brown goes...that Labour would be resurgent!...As i say..i'm pretty sure Johnston would get the nod if that were the case! Ok he's prob got more going for him than Gordon....but it doesn't fill me with excitment.....and hell neither does Darling at 20/1!!
The problem isn't Brown to my way of thinking...the Problem is Polictics itself...and how its delvered and apparently accepted these days!
I think the time may now have come to be more radical.....how else will things change! Yes if i'm just thinking local...then your the one i'd plump for...but in sticking with a mainstream party then the message doesn't get through does it...at the end of the day for the most part you'd have to toe the party line...willingly or otherwise....and where would be the breath of fresh air we need?.....where would the change thats needed in politics come from?
Best Regards - Taggy