[lbo-talk] British election

[C. G. Estabrook]

The firing of Jack Straw is a very bad sign.  I'm no fan of his (a 
friend dissuaded me from carrying out my half-serious threat to push him 
down stairs when we ran into him in a West End theatre while the 
Pinochet case was pending), but he was one who was saying that an attack 
on Iran was "inconceivable" and "nuts."  His firing clearly says that 
it's Blair's view that it's quite conceivable.  --CGE

www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote:
> Doug wrote:
> 
>> So does Blair's reshuffle mean anything, or is it just rearranging the 
>> deck chairs on the Hindenburg?
> 
> 
> Labour cleverly played up their likely losses before the election so as 
> to make the actual loss of 250 council seats seem like a pleasing 
> result.  For this reason, they feel they can get away with a mere 
> rearrangement.  The reshuffle demotes some unpopular people (Charles 
> Clarke, Ruth Kelly and Jack Straw), but the otherwise it circulates the 
> same individuals around the organs of government.
> 
> So, the Hindenburg metaphor is very apt.