Feb 17
Elections
History is chock full of sure-thing elections which weren’t.
Time and again we’ve seen confident predictions dashed by an uncooperative public. The MSM confidently assured the country the Queen’s 50th aniversary would be a wash out, only to find overwhelming national support for the old girl. Time and time again we’ve been assured ‘Old George’ (as he likes to call himself) was about to fall, only to find him striding cheerfully on.
As Labour becomes more dictatorial, passing unpopular laws, pushing immigration, attacking the basics of British life, I wonder if it is not, like a doddering old dictator, sowing the seeds of its own demise.
Socialism is the politics of blame, envy, and greed. It may have been possible to ersecute fox hunters, but will it fire up the home guard. After all, modern elections are often won by a small but determined minority fired up enough to care.
History is chock full of victorious, powerful, seeminly unstopable goverments that went just a little too far, only to be given the people’s boot. British politics is peculiar in that many districts are won on a few hundred votes.
Mr Howard may not be a particularly likeable leader, but
