Kaddish for the city
Ken's excellent comment at my last post made the point, which I think Duncan has also made, that the growth in the representation of all the dreadful parties was not tied to a significant growth in their actual votes, while a massive increase in the Green vote (300,000 I think) failed to lead to extra MEPs. I don't know if this is something to take heart from or not.
So anyway I started surfing around Ken's writings elsewhere. Here he analyses the results. Here he describes London in a tube strike, concluding
And here Ken B dreams a song. Due to the joys of google and the unique way that the BBC is funded, I was soon listening to Maurice Ravel's "Chanson Hebraiques" as Ken heard it, at about 1:15 on Rob Cowan's Radio 3 breakfast show on Monday. If that dissappears or isn't available in your country, you can listen to an mp3 snippet from the record company Hyperion. A bit of information here.
So anyway I started surfing around Ken's writings elsewhere. Here he analyses the results. Here he describes London in a tube strike, concluding
If you find yourself fiddling at your desk or stuck at home in the strike, play this game.This is what London was like every day before the Congestion Charge. Thank God for Ken Livingstone.
And expect worse. As we move towards a government that is likely to be even more unreasonable on worker’s rights than “New Labour” has been, the chances are we will see a lot more of this.
And here Ken B dreams a song. Due to the joys of google and the unique way that the BBC is funded, I was soon listening to Maurice Ravel's "Chanson Hebraiques" as Ken heard it, at about 1:15 on Rob Cowan's Radio 3 breakfast show on Monday. If that dissappears or isn't available in your country, you can listen to an mp3 snippet from the record company Hyperion. A bit of information here.
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we can talk about how this support translates or doesn't translate into actual representation till the cows come home, but in terms of popular support, there's not that much in it between the two
as to representation, on a national basis (and fairly simplistically) both the BNP and Greens have roughly a million votes each and 2 seats each, seems fair enough in those (simplistic) terms - as to the difference in representation caused by the relative increase of both parties that's just the nature of the hurdle to get a seat in the first place, the greens were in pretty much the same position in 1999 where an increase in their vote of less than what the BNP achieved in this election brought them 2 seats overall compared with none in 1994
They'll aim for an MP at the next general election, but think on.
Imagine if the BNP can convert just 10% of their voters into members that's 90,000 extra neo-fascists. What a terrible thought.