An extraordinary day, to which the adjective “historic” can be justly applied.
Too late now to blog fully, but three memories of it are already engraved on my mind:
- the grim look on the face of Peter Mandelson as he left Downing Street for the last time;
- the catch in Gordon Brown’s voice as he mentioned the names of his young sons;
- the smile of satisfaction on the face of the Chief Whip as he announced to the occupants of a packed Committee Room 14: “Colleagues… the Prime Minister!”
Shame it has been marred by a left-wing mass (although thankfully not it’s government of choice) that can’t accept defeat when presented it unambiguously, Alex Salmond insisting that whilst Labour would have a mandate in England, no such mandate exists for the Conservatives in Scotland, the insistence that there are only two parties in Britain – the “fractured progressive” and the “nasty tories”. Maybe I should just stop watching the beeb?
Hopefully a few months of solid rule will sort it out, and hopefully you can play your part in it!
Alex Salmond has his own parliament to play with – why does he keep making such a bloody fuss? – the poor old English don’t even have their own parliament.