JRT,

The word drubbing is quite appropriate. Brown came up with the usual line that will no doubt be carved on his tombstone; 'We will learn from our mistakes and move on'. No doubt to more mistakes. These were just local council elections but they are a pointer to the strength of opinion prevalent at the time. In other words, if there was a General Election this week, the Conservatives would win by about 100 seats.

Pleased to report that the weather is at last getting warmer. 56-60f.


'Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant.'

Manfred von Richtofen
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