[lbo-talk] British voters punish Blair in local elections

[John Kozak]

The Observer today has a couple of front page items: "Can Labour learn
from its kicking?" and this:

   http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1237669,00.html

in which senior New Labourites explain that they were right all along,
there's no need to apologise and anyway it's all the fault of the
electorate - which seems to answer the initial question nicely.

John