Exciting times (especially for those of us living in Lib Dem/Labour marginals)

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

Independent: Vote for Lib Dems will not let in Tories. "[T]he Tories
come nowhere near to passing the winning post of 324 seats they would
need to form a government. Crucially, if enough people switched from
Labour to the Liberal Democrats, Mr Kennedy's party would start to win
seats instead of the Tories -- so the result would be a hung
parliament rather than a Tory government."

Comments

[pjc50.livejournal.com]

Sorry to be tedious, but could you give a specific example of the sort of help you mean? Good news tends not to be so widely reported.

[mobbsy.livejournal.com]

You're right that all the really good stuff happened in the first term, and the past 4 years have been largely conciliation of that (and a bunch of illiberal and warlike stuff).

Some examples of Good Stuff from the past 4 years include canceling debt to Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, and extending anti-discrimination legislation (including extending disability discrimination act and legislation against discimination on sexual orientation).

I wouldn't vote Labour on their current record, but I'd rather see them than the Tories in power, and still have hope for a good third term. With the distractions of the situation following 2001 attacks on the US and fox hunting are out the way there's a real chance to start putting into place future Energy policies, and doing the best we can for Africa. Unfortunately, it's more likely to be dominated by sorting out the future of European politics.