Elections abolished (?)
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10 responses to “Elections abolished (?)”
Brilliant spoof, because it’s so plausible. You obviously aren’t too concerned about getting your DFID job back then?
Go for it Phoney!
It couldn’t happen here
It couldn’t happen here. But that’s what we said before they abolished detention without trial, the presumption of innocence, double jeopardy…. [More >>>]
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Elsewhere: It sounds so True
Owen has a nice little skit up about the future of democracy under Blair.
Very Good! I particularly like the links at the right “Watch scenes from the last ever parliamentary debate”, “How freedom helps terrorism”, “Be very afraid”
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Wonderfully clever!
Britblog Roundup # 38
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OMB News, BlairAnnounces Abolition of Elections
Advice from the police
Mr Blair said that the police had advised him that elections would be dangerous. “They would divert attention from the war on terror”, he said. “If the public chose a new government, that would be a victory for terrorism. We…
Brilliant – and really rather chilling, because it doesn’t take a huge leap of the imagination to see Blair doing exactly that – to ensure his legacy, of course…
Thanks for this, and congratulations on a very elegant site.