The latest crime figures are down! That's something worth celebrating. Although violent crime is up yet again. Hardly a surprise there. (cancel the champagne)
You may be more likely to be shot, stabbed, brutally beaten and left for dead, but look on the bright side, your car radio is less likely to be stolen.
Apparently Labour prefers the British crime survey figures. Now i wonder why that is? I think there's a clue in the graphic at the bottom of the BBC article.
Violent crime 'on the rise'
21 April, 2005
A couple of "minor disturbances"
When an electoral candidate receives death threats from some of the very people he believes he's representing you know things are getting serious.
But when its George Galloway having a fatwa put on his head by extremist muslims, its hard not to find some amusement.
It's obvious they have no respect for your party, George.
'Islamists' hit Galloway meeting
It comes immediately in the wake of the disturbance at the MCB manifesto launch. It's starting to become a regular occurence. No doubt more will happen before election day.
At the rate things are going somebody is going to get hurt!
But when its George Galloway having a fatwa put on his head by extremist muslims, its hard not to find some amusement.
It's obvious they have no respect for your party, George.
'Islamists' hit Galloway meeting
It comes immediately in the wake of the disturbance at the MCB manifesto launch. It's starting to become a regular occurence. No doubt more will happen before election day.
At the rate things are going somebody is going to get hurt!
20 April, 2005
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Now, unless I've developed some kind of selective vision disorder the BBC appears to have removed the rather handy poll tracker from their Election 2005 pages. Or at least the link to it is missing. It was there at the weekend. I had been finding useful and made many visits, the last being two or three days ago when I was confronted by the shocking ICM poll which gave Labour a 10 point lead. A cup of hot sweet tea and a lie down in a darkened room was required. That explains why I haven't been back until now.
The election is all but over. The politically battered and bruised Blair will somehow manage to win a third term and the Tories are still pretty much lost in the wilderness. It was always very likely Blair would win, but my hope was that the Tories would make serious inroads into the Labour majority. The signs at the moment suggest whatever the majority is cut by it won't be cut by the amount that either I or the Tories were expecting.
The election is all but over. The politically battered and bruised Blair will somehow manage to win a third term and the Tories are still pretty much lost in the wilderness. It was always very likely Blair would win, but my hope was that the Tories would make serious inroads into the Labour majority. The signs at the moment suggest whatever the majority is cut by it won't be cut by the amount that either I or the Tories were expecting.
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