Comments on: How could climate sceptic Boris Johnson beat true believer Livingstone?

By: Graham Bell

Graham Bell — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:15:59 +0000

Everyone;
Further to my earlier comment: I feel that if Ken Livingstone had stood as a Red Marxist Bolshevik Communist Proletariat candidate instead of as a Labour candidate. he might still be Lord Mayor of London.

By: Arjay

Arjay — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:30:47 +0000

I have very little faith in our Kevin.He is too pre-occupied with his own image.This is why Peter Costello is considering his options.With the world economic climate looking so poor,a weak dithering Labor Party will not survive an electorate focused on economic survival.
Be it the “Rock Treasurer” or the “Turning Bull”in opposition,Labor have serious credibility gaps to fill in terms of performance and actualising pre-electoral promises.
The “Me Too” philosophy won’t be good enough.

By: Graham Bell

Graham Bell — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:59:04 +0000

Graham:
Thanks to Blair and his cronies, Labour is now so well and truly despised and distrusted by Labour’s traditional voters that if Pol Pot or Adolf Hitler had been standing against Ken Livingstone, either would have romped in.
Everyone I struck when I was there had an almost identical opinion about Ken Livingstone. I suppose what Londoners thought of Ken Livingstone was similar to what Queenslanders thought of Joh Bjelke-Petersen: everyone said they hated him but they kept voting him in – because they thought he could do the job.
This is why Labour’s loss is a far bigger disaster for them than meets the eye.