A combination of factors

Iraq, detoxified Tories who had been out of power for over a decade, loss of energy / ideas after so long in power, Brown less popular than Blair, global financial crisis...

As Ruttles says, the were not hounded from office. They still won 258 seats in 2010.

Posted By: Knitted Jesus on June 12th 2024 at 13:41:23

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Me too Rishi, me too (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 07:09:22
- For the majority of my childhood we didn’t even have a television… (General Chat) - Ruttles, Jun 12, 12:14:10
- 100 👌 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 11:28:15
  - Well Over - I'm 2000 miles away on hols but still looked at the thread.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, Jun 12, 14:04:12
  - You've earned a new badge (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 12, 11:53:29
  - Congrats 👏 (n/m) (General Chat) - JD3, Jun 12, 11:39:49
    - Could reach 1000 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 11:46:21
      - Not unless essex comes back (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 12, 11:55:36
        
        Is the Oil Rig bloke involved yet? (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 12, 11:58:26
        
        Just the same old blubbering mess who continue to post politics (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jun 12, 13:31:49
        
        Yes, he said they're all the same and no politician has a clue about sacrifice. (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 12, 12:03:00
        
        Blub (n/m) (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jun 12, 13:32:43
  - FAO Ben. Politics post, please delete. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 12, 11:31:06
    - VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Jun 12, 12:32:38
    - Ha was going smoothly until a couple of responses (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 11:34:24
- What a world we’d live in now, he’d have a dodgy iptv fire stick now (n/m) (General Chat) - littletinyphil, Jun 12, 10:18:57
- Codswallop…. (General Chat) - Eric Morecambe, Jun 12, 09:48:19
  - and to balance that post out (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 12, 09:54:49
    - Sorry, but the old ‘they’re all the same’ line is bollocks. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, Jun 12, 11:01:17
      - I really struggle to see who life has got better for in recent times, to be honest (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jun 12, 12:05:17
        
        I always think you try to do better than your parents and leave the place better for your (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jun 12, 12:35:42
      - Absolutely this. It is a line straight from the rightwing playbook. (n/m) (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 12, 11:08:32
        
        if I was in power (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 11:12:44
        
        Straight out of the WOTB playbook. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, Jun 12, 11:18:45
    - No politician has a clue about any form of hardship/sacrifice? (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 12, 10:31:13
      - and if you think it will get better ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 12, 10:35:39
        
        Here is a list of the things that New Labour did when in power (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 12, 10:59:49
        
        If things were so much better for so many people (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Jun 12, 13:10:49
        
        A combination of factors (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 12, 13:41:23
        
        They weren't. There was no-one with a majority and Clegg wouldn't work with Brown (General Chat) - Ruttles, Jun 12, 13:28:21
        
        Labour won 91 fewer seats. That is a clear vote of no confidence. (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Jun 12, 13:55:03
        
        It was all the fault of (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 12, 14:05:41
        
        Exactly, and Osborne is the root of all that is wrong now, (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 12, 13:37:05
        
        ...and Britpop! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jun 12, 11:12:01
        
        Pretty sure it the weather was better back then too. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 12, 11:04:19
        
        I genuinely hope things improve since I live here (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 10:51:43
        
        To be fair most think it’s the fault of immigrants (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 12, 11:33:18
        
        ... (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 12, 11:50:57
        
        But lots of government's do provide good quality services for their people (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 12, 11:04:15
        
        ^^^ VMT^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 12, 10:58:47
        
        Not being cunts would be a start tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 10:55:07
        
        We're certainly not all going to wake up in a utopia (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 12, 10:52:49
        
        the corbyn/manifesto that starmer thought was marvellous, until he didn't (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 10:56:54
        
        Collective responsibility is a thing in government / shadow government (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 12, 11:01:44
        
        it is, but starmer has expressed wildly different views about all sorts of things (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 11:11:26
        
        Have you ever changed your mind? (n/m) (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, Jun 12, 11:38:21
        
        I don't know whether or how much things will improve (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 12, 10:38:15
        
        It’s not really about getting better (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 10:37:52
        
        Things have got worse for everyone under the Tories (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jun 12, 12:00:00
        
        Then hopefully some good music will come out of it! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jun 12, 10:40:51
        
        Another burst of landfill indie? (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 12, 10:45:07
        
        Probably a lot of AI stuff (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 10:44:12
    - Tory (n/m) (General Chat) - big member, Jun 12, 10:03:26
    - A bit like Norwich (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 09:57:41
      - We need to get a younger, hungrier, exciting scandinavian prime minister in (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 12, 10:08:03
        
        Russell Martin isn’t Scandinavian (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 10:10:10
- Does he still wear these ?…. (General Chat) - loz, Jun 12, 09:40:03
- He seems desperate to get out and get his £115k pa PDCDA (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 12, 09:06:33
  - He's just rubbish at politics. Over promoted. (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 12, 09:25:45
    - yes; completely pointless pretending one's past was not what it was (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 10:23:06
    - Least he answered the question all be it painfully (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jun 12, 09:34:42
      - Question answer of the campaign for me (and it's lean pickings) is (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 12, 10:27:36
        
        complete psychopath or a liar as far as I can see (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 10:38:21
        
        Obviously he wouldn't. Which is why it was such a ridiculous thing to say. (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 12, 11:31:45
        
        6 weeks? You'll be lucky (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 12, 11:42:06
        
        Depends where you live. I phoned up for a non urgent appointment yesterday (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 12, 13:14:18
        
        It’s not 1947 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 10:42:24
        
        he said (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 10:54:18
        
        What are the quotes for that? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 11:09:17
        
        ... (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 11:17:19
        
        Yeah that’s just the waiting list stuff then (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 11:27:53
        
        the question made perfect sense, and he clearly understood it; his answer was bizarre (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 11:30:38
        
        why is it bizarre? (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 12, 11:55:56
        
        It was clarified as being on a waiting list (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 11:38:47
        
        If only! (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 12, 10:43:26
        
        And everyone was happy (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 10:46:50
        
        I think that generally, people were happier and much safer (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 10:58:38
        
        Yes everything was super safe back then tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 11:06:20
        
        not super safe, but not scarily unsafe, and very definitely different (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 11:09:04
        
        Now and again (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 11:11:51
        
        ... (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 11:20:35
        
        A sympton of a broken country (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 11:32:11
        
        I have thought of moving yes, to a small village where I'd turn off the internet (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 11:38:10
        
        They’re getting rid of poo bins around here (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 11:47:50
        
        throw into a neighbour's garden, or spread it round the veg patch (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 12:10:21
        
        you have poo bins ....... what will people do when they walk their dogs (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 12, 12:05:44
        
        or hang it on a tree (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 12, 13:17:36
        
        I live in london (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 11:18:02
        
        Hard luck. I just spent 4 days there looking after grand kids (General Chat) - CB41, Jun 12, 13:19:11
        
        I know… (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 11:29:04
        
        Haha london... try kings street or St Peters road in GY (n/m) (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Jun 12, 11:11:37
        
        point of order ..... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 12, 10:32:40
        
        Maybe he really hates them (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 10:29:41
        
        Come now - he's prepared to make a sacrifice! (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 12, 10:35:55
        
        lol (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 10:39:08
      - Surprised he didn't bring out the 'my dad was a tool maker' line (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 12, 09:50:55
      - The country is fucked because of 14 years of Tory. (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Jun 12, 09:50:49
        
        Yep tinpot cunts (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 09:58:42
        
        Exactly 14 years of shite and still making excuses (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Jun 12, 10:01:51
        
        I can understand why a lot are like that though (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 10:08:12
        
        almost like people generally (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 10:35:05
    - To be fair, what can he say in response to that and not get ridiculed (General Chat) - Jim, Jun 12, 09:31:13
      - the lib dems are genuine village idiots (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 10:36:32
        
        Far more memorable than any other party to be fair (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 12, 10:39:46
        
        He's playing a blinder (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 12, 10:43:08
        
        Yep (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 12, 10:45:56
      - He could say he was fortunate that he had everything he needed (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 12, 09:40:08
        
        Exactly this. Not having SKY is not a sacrifice. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Jun 12, 10:13:57
        
        I guess that's the point (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 12, 10:16:50
        
        it's not being "out of touch" because of his background (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 10:43:13
        
        He's "out of touch" with people who are struggling to make ends meet (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 12, 10:49:12
        
        he is ridiculously bad at politics, and it was a ridiculous comment (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 10:59:30
        
        Yup (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 12, 11:07:53
        
        Well, you could always educate yourself about those things (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 12, 10:45:14
        
        Yep I mean how fucking hard is it (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 10:00:19
      - PS I really wanted a soda stream but was never allowed one (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Jun 12, 09:32:16
        
        I wanted a Raleigh Chopper (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jun 12, 09:51:16
        
        I had a tomahawk, but never a chopper (General Chat) - paulg, Jun 12, 10:45:37
        
        2nd gear always slipped (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Jun 12, 09:59:24
        
        An all time classic. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 12, 09:53:39
- Man of the people (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 12, 08:41:47
- When I was young we used to have to save up just to be poor (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jun 12, 07:42:50
  - We couldn't afford to be young (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 12, 08:47:06
    - We couldn’t afford middle names (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 12, 09:01:34
      - You had names?! (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 12, 09:18:29
- I remember when we got a video recorder in the 80’s (General Chat) - inutero, Jun 12, 07:18:33
  - Anyone have betamax? (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 12, 08:56:18
    - My grandad had a video 2000 (General Chat) - littletinyphil, Jun 12, 14:13:07
    - Only the rich and privileged (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 12, 09:04:50
    - WWII (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Jun 12, 09:01:47
  - I reckon it's just spin. He probably had a bsb squarial. (n/m) (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jun 12, 08:13:53
    - He wanted to buy the company (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 12, 08:15:38
  - My first VHS was a top loader with a wired remote control. It was an old cheap second hand (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jun 12, 07:47:57
    - Same here, our massive thing had hydraulic rams opening the lid and a wired controller (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jun 12, 09:19:35
    - You had a bed? (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 12, 08:37:24
      - Come round (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jun 12, 10:48:42
      - He's going to say he had time to sleep next (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jun 12, 08:47:51
  - I know it sounds a cliché but we had a Betamax and as much as I tried to defend my dad’s (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 12, 07:43:04
    - Me too. Still feel the shame… (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, Jun 12, 08:30:12
    - It's the Betashack on Silver Rd I felt for (General Chat) - inutero, Jun 12, 08:22:02
      - Bless them. I later used VideoJocks on Stafford st and I now park just up from there (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 12, 08:27:46

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