Local Elections - Libs did badly, in comparison to what was expected. Does this mean a leadership election - I'm not convinced that the party have the stomach for regicide so soon after the last one. One of the things that is interesting to look at, is a comparison of local election results in seats which are currently Lib Dem, versus seats which are always going to be 'safe' Tory. I am awaiting some analysis from Mark Senior on this which should prove interesting in the detail.
Scotland - SNP did well - and deserve to attempt to form a government. It will be interesting to see how well minority government plays out, and how long it lasts for. In particular I wonder how much Labour will support some of the left-wing policies of the SNP, or if they will vote against on principle. Fascinating to see how this works and plays out - and hopefully, if successful, a link to getting PR for Westminster?
French Election - Congratulations to Sarkozy - let's just hope that he can do the things that France really needs, and promotes and encourages Free Markets, rather than the protectionism that has been slowly killing France over the years. How he deals with the issues of multi-culturalism that France also seems to be struggling with will also be the making, or otherwise of him in my opinion.
Newcastle United - End of the Roed - Simply put - Glenn didn't do well enough with the finances and players he was given, and he knows it. Is 'Big Sam' the solution - I really don't think so, but personally I think that the whole club needs overall from Top to Bottom - principally starting with the Chairman.
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"...and hopefully, if successful, a link to getting PR for Westminster?"
I think you're failing at the first hurdle, here, lennon: 100,000 spoiled ballot papers? We're not going to see PR any time soon if that can be described as a 'success'.
One of the really strange bits about the Scottish elections was the Lib Dems coming out so strongly against a referendum; You'd have thought a party with 'democrat' in the name would be a little more... open to the idea.
The trouble with Royal, I thought, was that I couldn't see how she'd fund everything.
That said, I'm not too happy about Sarkozy either. I think I can put it best by saying that the idealistic Baron wanted Royal to win; the most pragmatic Baron believes that Sarkozy has a greater chance of success in governing.
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