I know it's fashionable to decry TB (and I can understand why) but at the time he was widely welcomed by people. Just remember that Labour membership had risen to 450,000 at its peak as people became so disillusioned with the then Conservative leadership squabbling
And remember that this figure was the largest mass movement towards membership of a modern political party since the War! Ian Cardinal aka Norman the Narrowboat > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Dyke > Sent: 22 December 2009 10:02 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [canals-list] Re: Re: Re: Re: proposed new posting rule > > > > Andrew Dyke wrote: > > Julian Tether wrote: > > > >> (1) I wasn't deceived and did not vote for Bliar > >> > >> > > On Behalf Of Ian Mac > > I suspect that less than 100,000 people did ;-) and I for one don't > > want a presidential system. > > cheers Ian Mac - suffering from boredom so reading off > topic threads. > > > > Actually, it was rather more than that. Even UKIP got more > than 100K. > > Be bored some more :-) > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_ > 1997#Votes_sum > > mary > > > > Ian Mac > I beg to differ, his, Tony Blair that is, best ever was only > just over 33K votes there are only about 77K people in each > constituency, and less than that in *Sedgefield, the biggest > in the country is the IOW with 110K * > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedgefield_%28UK_Parliament_const > ituency%29 > And when I last voted I could only vote for my prospective > representatives, not one I liked down the road. > The only people with more than one vote tend to be students > and they only get it for local elections, I'm not sure how > they go on for the regional parliament seats, but national > elections its one person one vote in there registered > parliamentary constituency. > -- > cheers Ian Mac - vote for the person not the party. > > Yes indeed, I was thinking more national than personal, the > bigger picture, and I think in the 1997 election the general > view was that people throughout the UK voted for the person > ie TB and that is how they got such a massive majority and > the fact there wq an anti I am intrigued by your ' The only > people with more than one vote tend to be students and they > only get it for local elections' Explain please. > > Still bored? > > Regards, > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
