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[avevale_intelligencer]

He did it again.

With all we know of him, with all we've seen, he did it again. My ancestors fought and died so that he could get in again. My vote made exactly as much difference as I expected it to, and he got in again.

Excuse me, I'm just slightly overcome with the majesty of the democratic process in action.

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[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

I don't see that it does. With a normal majority, Labour can win most if not all votes. Even allied with the Tories, the LDs can't outvote him (if the numbers I saw earlier are correct). I would seriously doubt that there's any thought in what passes for Blair's mind today beyond "I won!"

What it comes down to is that he can do what he likes and no-one can stop him. I'd love to think that wasn't the case, but it is. And I really wish I could think about something else right now...

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

According to the news, since his party blames him for their substantial loss of seats, they may well kick him out.

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

That's the most hopeful thing I've heard this morning! (okay, it probably wouldn't lead to any substantial change in policy, but it would be personally satisfying...) Thank you! (((nrivkis)))

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. Glad I could make your day a little brighter. :) (And I understand about the distinction -- getting rid of Tom Delay probably won't make a material difference to policy either, but man, would it feel good.)

[ci5rod.livejournal.com]

Actually I suspect that a fair amount of his mind was occupied with thinking "Bugger, that was on the low side of the informed pundits' predictions." I'd guessed at a majority of 80, but I'd heard figures from 60 to 100.

Blair's biggest danger is now his own party. What he can't do any more is to push controversial issues through, which used not to be a big problem because the size of his majority meant he could ride through any plausible back-bench rebellion. If he tries something like going to war again (for example), he's going to have to persuade an awful lot of people who know full well that it will lose them their seats, and most of them really won't be keen. I'm hoping that this has spiked the ID cards issue, though it's always possible that he'll find some way to make it attractive to the Tories.