tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post6669791232727476635..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: The MPs With Defeat in Their EyesIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86978705480863996322010-01-25T19:00:39.704+00:002010-01-25T19:00:39.704+00:00"Voluntarily Stepping Down" the new euph..."Voluntarily Stepping Down" the new euphanism for "If I was in a proper job, I'd have been sacked long ago."Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76103707650210770902010-01-25T18:00:46.713+00:002010-01-25T18:00:46.713+00:00WCH-said...
"the last figure I read was that...WCH-said...<br /><br />"the last figure I read was that it costs someone well over £40k personally to run for an election"<br /><br />You know your on a Tory Blogg when you read a statement like that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81864005274955204572010-01-24T22:38:37.957+00:002010-01-24T22:38:37.957+00:00I just think generally the Tories are counting the...I just think generally the Tories are counting their chickens. I want them to win but it seems to be David Cameron and thats it. The shadow cabinet is unknown and boring.The Tories have a mountain to climb in terms of seats. Whether they can do it in one go is a really big question.mikexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678231984749992992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88137201118929459262010-01-24T20:36:50.425+00:002010-01-24T20:36:50.425+00:00That many? And with so much time left before "...That many? And with so much time left before "the date"!<br /><br />Effectively a vote on the party's chances, I wonder how Lord M is taking this?<br /><br />Or if he really cares now?JohnRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021101596935644363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41239980227004521772010-01-24T20:31:30.777+00:002010-01-24T20:31:30.777+00:00@mikexx
Much as I suspect that Tories were, propo...@mikexx<br /><br />Much as I suspect that Tories were, proportionately, as involved in fiddling expenses as Labour, it's hardly going to impact the Tories as a whole more than Labour, given that <br /><br />a) there are more Labour MPs caught fiddling (as there are more Labour MPs), <br /><br />and b) it happened under a Labour government, under a Labour-appointed Labour loyalist Speaker whose instinctive reaction was to defend his colleagues irrespective of their actual merits in the time-honoured closed-shop trades-unionist way.Richard Mannshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13780203714224125693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38263454466866634452010-01-24T20:26:33.524+00:002010-01-24T20:26:33.524+00:00Some may be going because they see defeat ahead. I...Some may be going because they see defeat ahead. I wonder how many are going because, even if they won, they could not face working under Gordon Brown.Bill (Transcriber)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15619489315159751657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10712154921078592082010-01-24T19:56:36.211+00:002010-01-24T19:56:36.211+00:00Off course MPs are going to stand down as the elec...Off course MPs are going to stand down as the election nears. There is no great love for the Tories out there particularly given how many of them were involved in the expenses scandal.mikexxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678231984749992992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52412441740988552502010-01-24T19:44:43.056+00:002010-01-24T19:44:43.056+00:00Labour is almost certain to lose but will Dave win...Labour is almost certain to lose but will Dave win?<br /><br />If he does win will he be any more competent that the present lot?<br /><br />I am not optimisticUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01879760164934979224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45851636662275751542010-01-24T19:02:49.316+00:002010-01-24T19:02:49.316+00:00But then again, the last figure I read was that it...But then again, the last figure I read was that it costs someone well over £40k personally to run for an election, so if you don't think you'll win, it seems quite sensible to save your cash and let someone else spend it in building their own political career by losing a no-hoper this time round when there's no shame in losing if you fight for the red team.WCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455852345360588391noreply@blogger.com