Wednesday 2 April 2008

Bye-Bye By-Elections

By-elections would be so interesting just now; but no-one is vacating parliamentary seats for any reason whatever (not counting the defenestration of Mr Blair). There used to be three or four times as many by-elections during a parliament in the good old days.

Even a 'safe' Labour seat would do, not least because probably there is no longer such a thing.

Perhaps no behaviour is now so disgraceful it qualifies for departure.

4 comments:

CityUnslicker said...

with the pension entitlements they have voted for themselves - only the police can drag them from their seats!

In these times of professional politico's they need their money; honour comes second.

hatfield girl said...

What is needed is a couple of Labour Scottish Westminster seats and a Labour midlands or Kent/Essex, ideally.

Perhaps there are contingency life support systems on permanent stand-by too, because vacation by death seems to be down.

Anonymous said...

Don't get it. No-one is vacating a seat now. But there used to be three or four times as many by-elections. Four times zero not zero???

hatfield girl said...

Hush my mouth, I misspoke myself,C.

'In past parliaments of the last 25 years, many more by-elections have occurred than in the present, and immediately preceding parliament.' etc., comparison of by-election numbers....