BYE BYE BLAIR

[panik]

I'm watching the PM resign on live-TV with - strangely - mixed feelings... 

All very historic and all that; goodbye Blair, hello Brown. Wondering what the new admin will be like. Wondering of there'll be some good headlines I can make into amusing T shirts. <G>

ETA: Nice speech, rather moving, actually. He really knows how to play the crowd; he was a lawyer, after all (o: I keep thinking of those 10 years, they went so quickly... I'll never forget election night, sitting on the bed in our little  Havana apartement, listening to the growing hysteria of the journos on the BBC World Service as Tory after Tory went down like nine pins... How could that be ten years ago?

Comments

[fluterbev.livejournal.com]

Hm, I echo your mixed feelings. This has been an interesting week in UK politics, to be sure.

Ooh, I'd buy those t-shirts ;-)

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Heh heh; if I get a good one out of it, I shall make them freely available to the super-secret cabal, hon. (o:

[betagoddess.livejournal.com]

"How could that be ten years ago?"

Um, time flies when you're having fun??? *g*

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

LOL, well, SOME of it *was* fun!

[betagoddess.livejournal.com]

I should hope so, cause that's a lot of years to have no fun in! *g*

[fluterbev.livejournal.com]

Me again :-). Your tale of being in Havana reminded me of that night. I was living in Ireland then, and we'd just moved briefly into a rented house in Dundalk after 9 years of living in the country. We were in that house for just three months, while we waited for the purchase of our cottage to go through, and ithose three months were the only time during the whole 8 years we were in Ireland when we got decent TV reception. That meant, of course, we could watch the election coverage. We stayed up all night, drinking champagne, and celebrating the end of Tory rule. It was a good time, most definitely, and the first time since we moved there that I felt truly homesick.

Michael Portillo being kicked out was particularly sweet, I recall... ;-)

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Ah, so much water under the bridge. :;sigh::

"Michael Portillo being kicked out was particularly sweet, I recall... ;-)"
He really was the one to hate, wasn't he? And he's changed so much; I rather like him now. Do you ever watch that late night talk show - can't remember the name - with Andrew Neil and Diane Abbot? Portillo's the most liberal one there - *way* more so than bloody Diane Abbot. (o;

[mab-browne.livejournal.com]

Well, hello the joys of lj, because this hasn't made it onto the newspaper web page I check first thing in the morning. End of an era for sure.

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

::sigh:: It's been practically all the news we've had for over 24 hours, now. It's getting tiresome... ::G::

[kashe07.livejournal.com]

Boy, do I remember that night! I was at the count for our local seat after campaigning vigourously - probably one of the best nights ever for the Labour Party! Michael Portillo losing was, indeed, the highlight!

I've heard Tony speak and it is mesmerising, he can really hold an audience and win you over. Personally, I think he's one of the best Parliamentary debaters we've had in the UK for a very long time. How things will go now will be interesting.

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Forget the glitter and the glam, Sky News are already forecasting a dull dour administration. Their online poll is also giving (will Brown make a good PM?) an 85% 'no' response - which seems a tad harsh, I must say.

I wasn't often a fan of the policies, but I feel we'll miss the style. (o:

And having a PM called 'Blair'.

[chelseagirl47.livejournal.com]

Wow. I bet my husband doesn't even know. Serves him right for coming to live in America . . . We really ought to watch the BBC World Service news once in awhile.

Hi. You friended me, and I think I know why -- this username postdates my involvement in a certain fandom so I'm curious if that's how you found me. :-) I'm not active in that fandom (ASJ) anymore, but I'm happy to friend you back, just hope I'm not too boring!

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

I'll be honest, I can't remember why I friended you but I'm sure I had perfectly good reasons.(o: I've not been terribly active in ASJ for a while, either, though I still dabble a little. Glad you've friended me back, though (and I doubt very much that you're boring)!