Ooh. I do like a good laugh.

[Lucy Thomas]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7573432 .stm

[Lucy Thomas]

You really must be joking. I make no case for David Cameron as I am no fan of his but I think the Tories could win the next election if they had a partly trained chimp leading them. Brown is dead in the water along with this 'government'.

[puddicat]

tora tora tory mrs thomas!!!!

[stokemaveric]

the term '' fiddling while rome burns '' springs to mind...........

[Ice.Maiden]

NONE of them are any good. All promises and hot air.

[Quinlad]

Which of these options is wisest?

Question: Do you think you will win the next election?
Answer: No.
Headline: Cowardly Brown throws in the towel

Q: Do you think you will win the next election?
A: I don't know.
H: Dithering Brown lacks conviction

Q: Do you think you will win the next election?
A: Yes
H: Lucy Thomas likes a good laugh.

I know which I'd choose.

[jake-the-peg]

It's a well worn truth that oppositions do not win elections - Governments loose them.

MMost of Brown's problems are not of his making, they spring from the banking crisis and oil prices.

If Blair had hung on another year he'd have picked up all the blame and Brown would be the 5th cavalry riding in to save the day.

If the Tories had one the last election things would be the same, I think worse because I think they might not have bailed out Northern Rock and precipitated a banking crisis.

But we'll never know.

The way I see it Brown still has time for another roll of the dice. It needs quite a bit of luck too but with an American election about to happen strange things could come about especially without a really strong opposition.

A large scale withdrawal from Iraq would help no end but personally I think it's a long shot.

My money's on a Tory victory and total ****-up, followed by a Labour return after that - there are now too many voters who don't really remember a Tory administration and need to be reminded whose interests the Tories traditionally support.

Not middle-England but Big Business

[sp1814]

How stupid and blinkered you all are!

Labour will will the next election.

Furthermore:

1. Madonna will win an Oscar for her next movie role.
2. Keira Knightly will get grossly fat by November.
3. Britney Spears will be crowned 'Mother Of The Year'
4 Someone will remember the name of the Liberal Party leader
5. Al Pacino will star in a film where he doesn't suddenly start shouting for no particular reason
6. Kerry Katona will fail to appear on the front cover of Heat talking about her marriage/drugs habit/kids/mum
7. John Terry will say something that someone remembers.
8. Oasis's new album won't be yet another flipping disappointment.
9. Vanessa Feltz will model for Gucci in Milan
10. Gary Glitter day children's day care centre will open to great public acclaim.



(That last one was a bit too near the knuckle, wasn't it?)

[tiggerblue10]

11) Answerbank will be a pleasant as a stroll in field of daisys by Christmas.

[Lucy Thomas]

Neither. I make up my own mind about these things.

It reminds me of the famous footage of the Iraqi General proclaiming that the allied forces had been beaten and were in retreat when you can plainly see allied tanks approaching in the distance.

Perhaps Gord is just one of life's eternal optimists.