Originally published @ 1:11 am, Sun 19th Sep 2010
Celebrating the bicentenary of Latin American independence and the centenary of the Mexican Revolution; oh and a thrashing for Conservatives and Lib Dems in Nottinghamshire.
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A series of nights of festivals have been held in Nottingham, sponsored by the Latin American nations celebrations of their independence.
And the ambassadors from Mexico and Columbia were clear that the concept of all-night parties came from Latin America.
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Parties of a different kind for Bassetlaw Labour Party, gaining a County Council seat from the Conservatives with a 23.8% swing and a District seat prompting the loss of a majority for the Conservatives on that council.
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Quite what kind of parties the Liberal Democrats are having at the start of their annual conference in Liverpool, I'm not sure.
The Bassetlaw result saw their vote drop from 449 votes to 88; from over 16% to under 4%. Celebrate that!
All reinforcing findings that their ratings in national polls have slumped and Labour have matched the Conservatives now in two polls.
According to tonight's poll from ComRes, 52% of Lib Dem supporters think the party has "sold out".
"Sell out" can be a cliche directed at every government, but a more compelling line than the "Delivering for Britain" slogan of the Lib Dem conference.
Vince Cable's condemnation of the cap on skilled immigrants is not backing up that slogan.
According to the Independent, "Nick Clegg has declared that there is "no future" for the Liberal Democrats as a left-wing alternative to Labour ..." Now I've complained about use of left and right as a tool for meaningful political analysis before, but just who did Nick Clegg think he was trying to tell?
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It may be too late to reach the TV reviewer from the Guardian, who commenting on the BBC's "Special relationship", says "the Chicago speech in which he ignited American opinion on troops for Kosovo ... almost made me want to go out and vote for him again".
A compelling programme, though I disagree with parts (e.g. Blair will have known about the Edgbaston result, I'm sure; and the opinion attributed to Bill Clinton about Tony Blair reflects many commentators failure to grasp the scale and significance of our investment and improvements of education, health and community safety).
I look forward to the programme that features Gordon Brown's diplomacy in mobilising the world to work together on reflating in the face of recession.
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