Labour Wins UK General Election With Reduced Majority
Considering how Labour's fared in this election, it seems Blair may step down in the middle of his term, which is a bit of a shame. The Liberal Democrats have not made as huge gains as I'd have liked them to, and the Conservatives have gained quite a number of seats. All in all, a result which has been forecasted for weeks, so this shouldn't be that surprising for anyone.
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johnleemk
Infernally Rambling Thoughtless Mind Head Administrator Posts: 953 IP Logged | Posted at 1:09:19 pm May 5, 2006
outside Malaysia: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4968406.stm The British National Party is a bunch of neo-Nazis advocating White supremacy. A real turn-off, right? Well, guess what? They just more than doubled their seats in the UK local councils election, from 20 to 46. And according to the article above... One opinion poll taken before this week's local elections suggested nearly one in four UK electors have seriously considered backing the BNP. I am *so* not going to study there. |
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Akira
Member Posts: 3 IP Logged | Posted at 6:46:14 pm May 8, 2007
This is complexing...at times it makes me think that it's better to be in Malaysia despite all its problems... |
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johnleemk
Infernally Rambling Thoughtless Mind Head Administrator Posts: 953 IP Logged | Posted at 8:45:56 am May 9, 2007
In the short run yes, but not really in the long run. Malaysia has a lot of problems that need to be solved if it is to be viable in a globalised future. |
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Akira
Member Posts: 3 IP Logged | Posted at 1:28:12 pm May 10, 2007
Then it means that we have to change. But I wonder if they are going to change at all. The leaders that are supposed to be instigating the change do not seem to be doing so. Who else would step up? I'm sure Malaysians would continue to accept each other whether they're bumiputra's or non-bumiputra's. Lose the racism. It's a waste of time. |
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whodhellknew
Member Posts: 17 IP Logged | Posted at 9:16:20 pm May 22, 2007
46 council seats is a puny amount, relatively. However, the BNP's performance in teh 2005 GE is more worrisome. They outpolled Plaid Cymru, a mainstream Welsh party. Granted, Wales is much smaler, but still, something to ponder on. In any case, the upper echelon themselves admit that the BNP gains weren't so much as an affirmation of BNP attractiveness more so a repulsion against perceived affirmitive action bias by Labour government towards British-Asians. As long as Asians provide a huge boosts towards the British economy, there shall be no worries of a BNP takeover. I, btw, live in a Lib-Dem stronghold. They're so 3rd party that I don't even know what they stand for, apart fromt he fact that they'd disagree with Blair on just about everything and cuddles with the Free Market. cheers |
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johnleemk
Infernally Rambling Thoughtless Mind Head Administrator Posts: 953 IP Logged | Posted at 10:42:27 pm May 22, 2007
From what I've read about the Lib Dems, they actually have quite reasonable positions. (Devolution, free markets, civil liberties, etc.) I'd support them more if they focused more on their stances than on opposing for the sake of opposing. |
