Bag's Rants

Dissent in the ranks.

It seems that some 50 MPs have signed a petition calling for Blair to define the date for departure. Read more here.

Interestingly enough, the implication is that they want to turn the clock back on his reforms. How are they going to do that? The ones they could turn back are the ones that there is little benefit for them to do so such as fox hunting and firearms laws and the do gooders will be up in arms. The major ones, the ones that cause us so many problems are here to stay. We can't uninvade Iraq, we can't cancel NPfIT, we can't sack all these new central government employees. The pensions and benefits are already screwed. At least a new government would be able to change this and then blame it on the previous government. This one is going to have to blame it on itself. So stick with the policies but maybe temper them slightly or destroy them and get a big list of government wastage at the next election.

In saying that it still seems that there is still a hard core of labour supporters. If so would these changes upset them? The ones that are prepared to actually vote for labour still. Is it because of Blair or just because they are just die hard labour supporters?

What can they do? You have just got to laugh that they are now so far in the hole they can't get out.

posted by Bag @ 8:27 pm