tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post3086937326674499303..comments2008-05-23T11:21:24.125ZMarcus Woodnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-72272009370385457422008-05-23T11:21:00.000Z2008-05-23T11:21:00.000ZWe are going to have to rename them from 'yellow peril' to 'orange irrelevance' after last night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-46941333464236776122008-05-20T11:55:00.000Z2008-05-20T11:55:00.000ZDear Mr Wood <BR/><BR/>why are you so suprised? <BR/>The Labour Party was spawned from the Liberal Pary; the SDP was spawned from Labour and the Lib Dems are the two, stitched together.<BR/><BR/>In Torbay the Lib dems are more labour than their Labour rivals. None of that 'Islington set' moderate slightly left red rose rubbish here; it's been the pure, leaded, full strength politics of envy in all it's glory. Bash the rich, slag off anyone successful or enterprising, tax the workers to bankruptcy, dish out cash willy nilly to every feckless workshy scrounger that wants to come here and then wonder why the economy goes down the pan.<BR/><BR/>Torbay under the Lib Dems has remained like a small idyll of 1970's pre-Thatcher, corporatist Britain where the unions ruled, everyone works for the state (or rather Torbay Council) on jobs-for-life packages funded by taxing everyone else 'til the pips squeek' - and if that wasn't enough the politicians got rich on bloated expenses and big fat salaries.<BR/><BR/>Running a business here has been a nightmare; thats why so few stay here - if they can relocate; they have done.<BR/><BR/>And then when we finally had the good sense to vote them out all they have done is complain about it.<BR/><BR/>Yours truly<BR/><BR/>An angry businessman (and women),<BR/><BR/>Paignton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com