Labour Party in Tatters

Having been unable to work for a few months now I have had the "privilege" of watching the Labour Party flush itself down the toilet hour by hour, day by day.
I've watched a succession of politicians putting forward their views on why Labour did so badly in the recent elections but, in my view, not one of them got it right.
The majority blamed the expenses fiasco but if this was it then why did the Tories do so well?
Tory MP's have been implicated in the expenses scandal , so too have Lib Dems.
The low turnout was the reason given for the unexpected rise of the BNP.
If this is true then how come the BNP vote increased considerably from last time?

Based on my own thoughts and from discussions with friends and family I believe the reasons for Labour's decline are as follows...


Gordon Brown...

In my opinion Labour will never win another election with Gordon Brown as the leader whatever happens in the next few months.
He should have resigned as soon as the recent election results were known.
He was not elected to the position of Prime Minister and in my view he has never had the support of the English public.
And despite his promise that politics will be more transparent under his leadership we've just learned that the Iraq enquiry will not be made public.
He has shown himself to be untrustworthy, weak and indecisive.


Global Recession..

Yes we know there's a global recession, we're all sick of hearing it.
What we want to know is why we're in a worse position than virtually every other country in the
European Union.

Immigration..

Not one of the major parties will address this issue and this is why people are turning to the BNP. Unless somebody really gets to grips with this problem the BNP will only get stronger.
For a large number of people it's already too late, the damage has already been done.
We need to get tough on asylum seekers, at present they get far better treatment than our own homeless.
Immigrants in jail should be deported, whether illegal or not.
If they can't obey our laws they should not be allowed to stay here.
Illegal immigrants with no identification should be kept in detention until they produce ID, not released back into the community as they are at present.
Needless to say most of them simply disappear.

Crime..

No matter how the government massages the figures we all know that violent crime is on the increase. We witness it ourselves every day.
Sentences are too short, prisoners are generally released halfway through their sentences and our prisons have become holday camps.
The Sonnex case in particular highlights the problems with our justice system and, despite Jack Straw claiming this was an isolated incident, this is not the case.

MP's Expenses..

Although we've seen some pretty shocking reports over the past few weeks I don't think it's the expenses scandal alone that is responsible for Labours current demise.
It's the PM's reaction that put the last nail in Labours coffin.
While the PM was dithering and promising that the problem "would be looked into" David Cameron took decisive action.
The committee that was set up by the PM has just cleared Shahid Malik of any wrongdoing claiming he acted within the rules regarding his expenses claims.
Read the story here

I rest my case.