Comments on: The Haltemprice and Howden by-election http://davecole.org/blog/2008/07/11/the-haltemprice-and-howden-by-election-2/ Thoughts, notes and comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:12:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: dave http://davecole.org/blog/2008/07/11/the-haltemprice-and-howden-by-election-2/#comment-1542 dave Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:28:05 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=692#comment-1542 Ah! Certainly, attaching yourself to Mr Davis would have brought more coverage than attaching yourself to Ms Oakes. I return to the danger of single-issue elections. xD. Ah!

Certainly, attaching yourself to Mr Davis would have brought more coverage than attaching yourself to Ms Oakes. I return to the danger of single-issue elections.

xD.

]]> By: Justin http://davecole.org/blog/2008/07/11/the-haltemprice-and-howden-by-election-2/#comment-1539 Justin Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:08:17 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=692#comment-1539 Sorry Dave, what I meant was that maybe Davis's coat tails offered a more fancy ride for some than Shan Oakes's. Sorry Dave, what I meant was that maybe Davis’s coat tails offered a more fancy ride for some than Shan Oakes’s.

]]> By: dave http://davecole.org/blog/2008/07/11/the-haltemprice-and-howden-by-election-2/#comment-1529 dave Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:36:15 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=692#comment-1529 Justin, I wholeheartedly agree. I was really disappointed when Tony Benn came out batting for Davis and not the Greens. What's the immediate, cynical conclusion? That Labour wants to maintain the two-and-a-half party system? Sorry, it's a bit early on a Saturday for me to be thinking. Justin,

I wholeheartedly agree. I was really disappointed when Tony Benn came out batting for Davis and not the Greens.

What’s the immediate, cynical conclusion? That Labour wants to maintain the two-and-a-half party system? Sorry, it’s a bit early on a Saturday for me to be thinking.

]]> By: Justin http://davecole.org/blog/2008/07/11/the-haltemprice-and-howden-by-election-2/#comment-1528 Justin Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:35:09 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/?p=692#comment-1528 What puzzle me slightly, and I need to ponder a little more on this, is why exactly many on the left thought it necessary to back Davis rather than the more liberal candidate on civil liberties (ie, the Greens). I'm trying very, very hard to reject the immediate, cynical conclusion. What puzzle me slightly, and I need to ponder a little more on this, is why exactly many on the left thought it necessary to back Davis rather than the more liberal candidate on civil liberties (ie, the Greens). I’m trying very, very hard to reject the immediate, cynical conclusion.

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