Comments on: SNP Stuns Labour http://themoderatevoice.com/21311/snp-stuns-labour/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 12:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: elrod http://themoderatevoice.com/21311/snp-stuns-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-153669 elrod Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:50:59 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/foreign/gordon-brown/21311/snp-stuns-labour/#comment-153669 Remember that the SNP is further to the left on economics than Labour. The SNP is much like the old Labour Party.<br><br>Labour triangulated itself out of power in Scotland. Remember that the SNP is further to the left on economics than Labour. The SNP is much like the old Labour Party.

Labour triangulated itself out of power in Scotland.

]]> By: Marlowecan http://themoderatevoice.com/21311/snp-stuns-labour/comment-page-1/#comment-153668 Marlowecan Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:01:48 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/foreign/gordon-brown/21311/snp-stuns-labour/#comment-153668 This is stunning! <br>Writers at "The Guardian" -- which is to Labour what the New York Times is to Democrats -- are in a state of shock. Lately they have been demanding a purge of the Blairites from the party and a return to the politics of class warfare. But this is in Scotland...under the Scottish Brown, a much more traditional Labour leader than Blair...and a bedrock Labour seat. There is no way for them to spin this, or blame it on Blair.<br><br>Worse for the hardcore Left, the Conservatives came third. That might not sound like much...but for the Conservatives to place a strong third in a Scotland election is akin to a sign of the Apocalypse. <br><br>It means Conservative gains in Scotland in a general election . . . which is an effective Apocalypse for Labour. <br><br>Patrick is totally right. The Conservatives are desperately hoping Brown stays on as PM to fight the election. With luck, Labour will decide the best way to cope with imminent disaster is to have a good old Stalinist Purge. This is stunning!
Writers at “The Guardian” — which is to Labour what the New York Times is to Democrats — are in a state of shock. Lately they have been demanding a purge of the Blairites from the party and a return to the politics of class warfare. But this is in Scotland…under the Scottish Brown, a much more traditional Labour leader than Blair…and a bedrock Labour seat. There is no way for them to spin this, or blame it on Blair.

Worse for the hardcore Left, the Conservatives came third. That might not sound like much…but for the Conservatives to place a strong third in a Scotland election is akin to a sign of the Apocalypse.

It means Conservative gains in Scotland in a general election . . . which is an effective Apocalypse for Labour.

Patrick is totally right. The Conservatives are desperately hoping Brown stays on as PM to fight the election. With luck, Labour will decide the best way to cope with imminent disaster is to have a good old Stalinist Purge.

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