Summet or other

Having a bit of a clear-out in Dads loft last week prior to a car boot (we made £65!!!) and found two thick A4 files full of printed emails from 03/12/96 to 1999 between myself and Mossman. I hadn't quite got used to the ephemeral nature of emails (the 03/12/96 actually representing my first ever email) and as these emails took over from our penpal letters using the old fashioned pen and ink method I think I felt that there needed to be a record of some sort!

Anyway, it occured to me my ridiculously optimistic Labour victory of 1997 email will be in there somewhere but I also sent to Mossman the following list of 16 reasons why Labour finally beat the tories for the first time since 1974/5, and as it becomes scarily apparent that we may shortly be ruled by the tories with the smarmiest most untrustworthy of slimeballs ever in charge I thought it might be fun to reprint these reasons. Now if only I could cut and paste words on paper!

" Eventually (as is always the case) there will be decided the official reason why the tories lost & labour won, but I'm going to brainstorm a few now - some are mine, some aren't!

1. Time for a change! Don't like neither, but I just want to see how Labour do.
2. The tories are evil blood-sucking satanists!
3. They needed an extra term to prove how rotten the tories are.
4. Just a standard move downwards after 10 years; 87 - Tor maj - 140(ish); 92 - Tor Maj - 20(ish) ; 97 - Lab Maj - 170(ish) (I still find this completely astounding!)
5. People don't vote for parties in turmoil. That's why they didn't vote for Labour in '87 and '83.
6. The tories are still evil blood-sucking satanists.
7. Everyone really likes that D-ream song.
8. People are more pro-europe than the tories think.
9. Tony Blair's such a nice young man with a winning smile.
10. The tabloids came out in favour of Tony and the tory papers gave John Major hell over Europe thus showing dis-unity in the party and making the voters wibble.
11. The tories didn't have a pop song nearly half as good as that D-ream one.
12. New labour have got so many tory policies that traditional tory voters don't feel threatened by them.
13. The tories are evil blood-sucking satanists (Honest!)
14. Tactical voting a-hoy!
15. The Conservative election broadcasts were complete shite.
16. People aren't scared of Labour anymore "

So, are we just going to be swapping the words Labour to Tory for some of the above. Is it time for a change once more? I hope not because I still hold that THE TORIES ARE BLOOD-SUCKING SATANISTS!!! Look at David Camerons evil face - is that not the face of the great dark satanic leader??? I haven't been proved wrong yet anyway!