Resignation in Streatham
I’ve just come off the phone from a former Labour member who lives in the Streatham constituency, to try and sense the mood in south London. The overall feeling, he reports, is one of resignation; that Labour will inevitably win but that only because there were no credible alternatives. To use the cliche: better the devil you know.
Although this voter is dissatisfied about Iraq and does not agree with the reasons that Blair went to war, he does agree with the overall direction and vision of the Labour party in comparison with the Lib Dems and the Tories.