tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post8877414198955270848..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Book Recommendation: 'Coalition' by Mark OatenIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-26618533437410768602007-09-09T20:09:00.000+01:002007-09-09T20:09:00.000+01:00Tapesty, I'm afraid that you are confusing the Fle...Tapesty, I'm afraid that you are confusing the Flemish christian democrats, who won the elections, but don't want to break up the country, with Flemish Interest party, which wants to break up the country, and improved its performance in the elections, but came far from winning them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-272499160169955482007-09-08T15:33:00.000+01:002007-09-08T15:33:00.000+01:00what about belgium? the flemish right wing party ...what about belgium? <BR/><BR/>the flemish right wing party won the election 85 days ago, and have failed ever since to form any coalition with any other parties.<BR/><BR/> belgium is literally stuck without any government.<BR/><BR/>the flemish party wants to break up the country and dump the french section which they feel is full of corruption and hopelessness.<BR/><BR/>Belgian police are no longer allowed to carry guns home and are becoming vulnerable to threats from criminals. <BR/><BR/>They are finding it impossible to cope with the stresses they are being put under, and many are committing suicide.<BR/><BR/>The country is riddled with corruption, and has an appalling record of paedophile abduction. This of course is where Britain is now governed from - a country without a government.Tapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3810810929587318022007-09-08T06:41:00.000+01:002007-09-08T06:41:00.000+01:00Mark Oaten & Jasmine Alibaba Broon? Why on earth ...Mark Oaten & Jasmine Alibaba Broon? Why on earth would any normal decent human being want to read anything from these two? Ghastly individuals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35645214178532727742007-09-08T01:52:00.000+01:002007-09-08T01:52:00.000+01:00he should cross the floor and join the party which...he should cross the floor and join the party which he has for so long been most suited too - the Conservatives. I told him this in 1997 when he came to address the Liberal Democrats at Essex University. He just just hummed and herred and blustered.<BR/><BR/>He is a genuinely decent guy - despite everything!Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514885826616402615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47951245048739791692007-09-07T22:03:00.000+01:002007-09-07T22:03:00.000+01:00Would Lib Dem sympathies extend to going so far as...Would Lib Dem sympathies extend to going so far as an electoral pact with the Conservatives?<BR/><BR/>Probably not with Ming as leader! But Nick Clegg?Tapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71206379651969958892007-09-07T21:56:00.000+01:002007-09-07T21:56:00.000+01:00Excellent interview. By the way, if Labour and Con...Excellent interview. By the way, if Labour and Conservative are level in the polls, under FPTP Labour should have a working majority. The voting system penalises you Iain.<BR/><BR/>Mark's book will sell well if the electoral maths is interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19355723435878292892007-09-07T20:52:00.000+01:002007-09-07T20:52:00.000+01:00Iain, It may be something to do with Blogger - but...Iain, It may be something to do with Blogger - but comments I made in response to your blog about Ming Campbell have not appeared. Odd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90124779248431169712007-09-07T20:18:00.000+01:002007-09-07T20:18:00.000+01:00Is that the Mark Oaten that instantly springs to m...Is that the Mark Oaten that instantly springs to mind?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com