Comments on: Using the Tories for our own, slightly warped, enjoyment: Politics Decoded with Garbo http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/05/20/using-the-tories-for-own-slightly-warped-enjoyment-politics-decoded-with-garbo/ Politics, Commentary, Culture, Technology. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:55:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Idealogy is an ideal of the past: Garbo | The Wardman Wire http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/05/20/using-the-tories-for-own-slightly-warped-enjoyment-politics-decoded-with-garbo/#comment-8452 Idealogy is an ideal of the past: Garbo | The Wardman Wire Wed, 21 May 2008 15:14:14 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/?p=3397#comment-8452 [...] Yesterday I wrote about how the electorate are looking for Labour blood and to inflict that they are using the Tories. Well, just suppose the Tories fail to inflict the wounds that we so desperately want to see upon Brown’s leadership? [...] [...] Yesterday I wrote about how the electorate are looking for Labour blood and to inflict that they are using the Tories. Well, just suppose the Tories fail to inflict the wounds that we so desperately want to see upon Brown’s leadership? [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/05/20/using-the-tories-for-own-slightly-warped-enjoyment-politics-decoded-with-garbo/#comment-8447 admin Wed, 21 May 2008 01:10:54 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/?p=3397#comment-8447 PS I *may* have 2 tickets for Day 5 at Trent Bridge for a competition - still trying to prize them from a friend's sticky mitts. PS I *may* have 2 tickets for Day 5 at Trent Bridge for a competition - still trying to prize them from a friend’s sticky mitts.

]]> By: admin http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/05/20/using-the-tories-for-own-slightly-warped-enjoyment-politics-decoded-with-garbo/#comment-8446 admin Wed, 21 May 2008 01:09:16 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/?p=3397#comment-8446 >schandenfraude If there was we wouldn't make it so complicated that Germans spelt it incorrectly. Or perhaps we would. I refer you to <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=schillings+lawyers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a" rel="nofollow">Google</a> ;-). >schandenfraude

If there was we wouldn’t make it so complicated that Germans spelt it incorrectly.

Or perhaps we would.

I refer you to Google ;-).

]]> By: garbo http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/05/20/using-the-tories-for-own-slightly-warped-enjoyment-politics-decoded-with-garbo/#comment-8441 garbo Tue, 20 May 2008 13:18:52 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/?p=3397#comment-8441 Thanks David - I like your analogies! I have written a post that that goes up at 4pm tomorrow on the Wardman Wire that touches on what you have said... On your last point - I am not sure it is inevitable that the parties will be neck and neck, but there is every chance. I certain see it narrowing as we approach an election, and with the electoral system heavily stacked in Labour's favour there could still be a come back on the cards... Thanks David - I like your analogies!

I have written a post that that goes up at 4pm tomorrow on the Wardman Wire that touches on what you have said…

On your last point - I am not sure it is inevitable that the parties will be neck and neck, but there is every chance. I certain see it narrowing as we approach an election, and with the electoral system heavily stacked in Labour’s favour there could still be a come back on the cards…

]]> By: David Keen http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/05/20/using-the-tories-for-own-slightly-warped-enjoyment-politics-decoded-with-garbo/#comment-8439 David Keen Tue, 20 May 2008 11:09:21 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/?p=3397#comment-8439 I think you're spot on. When it comes to politics, most of us are neutrals, and the thing a neutral most enjoys is a comeback. England beating Australia in the 2005 Ashes was so much more fun than stuffing the West Indies last year because it was close, there was a real contest. For a decade we've not had a contest in politics, and if Brown loses another wicket on Thursday then it's all nicely set up. Like Rocky (who he increasingly resembles - Rocky V I think), we'll then want Brown to pick himself up off the canvas and level things with a couple of haymakers. (Sorry, mixing my sporting metaphors. ) Cameron should be wise enough to know that it won't last, by this time next year the parties will be level again. David Keens last blog post..<a href="http://davidkeen.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-god-outside-time.html" rel="nofollow">Is God Outside Time?</a> I think you’re spot on. When it comes to politics, most of us are neutrals, and the thing a neutral most enjoys is a comeback.

England beating Australia in the 2005 Ashes was so much more fun than stuffing the West Indies last year because it was close, there was a real contest. For a decade we’ve not had a contest in politics, and if Brown loses another wicket on Thursday then it’s all nicely set up. Like Rocky (who he increasingly resembles - Rocky V I think), we’ll then want Brown to pick himself up off the canvas and level things with a couple of haymakers. (Sorry, mixing my sporting metaphors. )

Cameron should be wise enough to know that it won’t last, by this time next year the parties will be level again.

David Keens last blog post..Is God Outside Time?

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