GOFFA FROM THE BLOCK

Still gutted about yesterday's election result.  It reminds me of the feeling I used to have the morning after a mid-week defeat for Boro.  I don't get that anymore, there's no use fretting and the election result is a bit like that.  The people have spoken and our undemocratic election system has produced a decisive result.  The Conservatives have won an outright majority of seats after polling 36.9% of the total votes cast.   12.6% voted UKIP leading to them winning 1 seat (thank the lord) whereas SNP won 56 seats from 4.7% of the total votes cast.  Bonkers. That said, I went through with my promise and spoilt my ballot paper so it could be argued I'm a hypocrite.  I'm done with left wing idealism.  The markets rule and the powers that be will never allow anything other than a right wing or centre right/left party to govern Britain anytime soon.  It's taken 54 years for the penny to drop but the soft left of Blur's Britain is about as go...

Most of my friends will be voting Labour but it pains me to say I won’t be joining them.   In no particular order here are 9 reasons why. 1.      Tony Blair and the Iraq war. If it had been under the Tories watch? 2.      Being selfish, Middlesbrough’s   continued deterioration as a town and place to live 1997-2010.    3.      The madness of PFI’s under Labour’s watch 1997-2010. 4.      Gordon Brown shameful abolishing of the 10% tax rate band in 2007.    Trust me I’m a taxman. 5.      Labour not doing anything about Britain’s unbalanced economy and over-reliance on London and the South East of England 1997-2010. 6.      Labour’s contribution to Scottish devolution 1997-2010.   Taking Scottish Labour voters taken for granted for too long.   Good luck to the them at their next referendum. If the North East...