I'd like to hear what our British friends think about the bungled (and very public) in-fighting and attempt to topple Gordon Brown today. Just watching the story on BBC America. Seems that Mr. Hoon failed to secure a base before moving.
What do y'all think in the Green and Pleasant Land?
2010-01-07T06:57:09Z
RaTz: I am quite clear on the meaning of the word coup. What happened yesterday was not a coup d'état, but rather an attempted coup du main, a sudden political attack.
R T Fischall2010-01-06T17:13:22Z
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ah hoon and hewitt aka sue and sweep lmao. (kids muppet show over here). first of all its a snow covered freezing the balls off a brass monkey land. secondly these two and i use the words loosely politicans seem to have forgetten that we have a general election coming up in june at the latest, and what the rest of the labour politicans have realized is that it doesn't matter whether they get rid of him or not it doesn't matter because there's more chance of me picking the lotto numbers every week then that lot getting re elected. The last successful coup was when lady t aka maggie was shoved out of the exit, and it caused no end of political problems i.e. the media. so i suspect that in order to avoid another bashing by the broadsheets its rally round the unelected leader time.
An election is coming up soon and many members of the Labour party have finally realised that they cannot win with Gordon Brown as their leader so an attempt is being made, a little late I think, to have a secret ballot to get rid of him. Just who will try to take his place has not as yet been mentioned. Certainly an odd party .
I think you don't know what the hell "coup" means. Parliamentary democracies are party run, not leader run, and have always been able to vote out their leader.
my friend the hooray henry british couldnt topple a hard boiled egg. USA says jump and they say yes sir how much will that be ? hahahahaha ! the only coup for them is a chicken one.