tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post5316474086665461604..comments2024-03-28T17:11:52.333+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: The pubco diseaseCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-86783529195498473702009-06-20T10:58:12.963+01:002009-06-20T10:58:12.963+01:00Spot on about the swing to the BNP, Curmudgeon. It...Spot on about the swing to the BNP, Curmudgeon. It wasn't huge numbers voting <strong>for</strong> them that gained them two MEPs, it was Labour voters not turning out.<br /><br />Labour have come out with excuse after excuse since the election, as <a href="http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.com/2009/06/excuses-excuses.html" rel="nofollow">I wrote here</a>, but as you correctly say, the real reason is that Labour have completely forgotten the people who generally vote for them.<br /><br />Labour opened the door to the BNP by marginalising the working class voter with authoritarian 'healthist' policies.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.com