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Be prepared: An inspector calls...

So, as predicted in my post of the 5th, no election after all.
This long false alarm, this false inspector calling, has helped all us politicians get prepared... and hopefully that will put us in the Green Party in really good stead for when it really is next time, in 2009 (or 10).
We'll have more candidates in place, and we'll be in much better shape to win a Parliamentary seat in Brighton, and maybe in Norwich and Lewisham and Oxford, too.
So overall, I'm pleased by Brown's announcement. It would have been exciting to have had a crack at kicking some Labour MPs out; but another couple of years will significantly increase our chances of success.

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Jim Jepps said…
Nice new blog Rupert - personally I'm rather happy the election has not been called - but am over all impressed that the Greens seem to have got it together to be ready if there had been one!
8 October 2007 at 00:05
weggis said…
see my response to your comment over at Philobiblon
8 October 2007 at 15:11
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