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Right man? Right time? Right place?
chris bain Wed Sep 10, 2008 at 12:22:41 AM GMT 
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I would have to start by saying that if I'd actually been given a choice I would not have voted for Gordon Brown as Leader. The position we are now in, even without the benefit of hindsight, was entirely predictable.
Message from America?
chris bain Tue Jul 29, 2008 at 11:50:47 AM GMT
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I have been looking with envious eyes at the successes of Barack Obama's campaign in securing the Democratic nomination. Gazed in wonder at the huge demonstrations of enthusiasm bordering on hero worship that seem to accompany every public appearance, memories of 1997 come flooding back.
People do point out that the opinion polls do not seem to indicate that this enthusiasm is shared by all Americans, last night Obama's lead in the poll of polls was only around 3% and narrowing. Nonetheless I still wonder if his campaign has some lessons for the Labour Party in our current dire electoral situation.
People do point out that the opinion polls do not seem to indicate that this enthusiasm is shared by all Americans, last night Obama's lead in the poll of polls was only around 3% and narrowing. Nonetheless I still wonder if his campaign has some lessons for the Labour Party in our current dire electoral situation.
