Sleepy and disappointed

[annwfyn]

I was woken up at 4 am this morning by a text message from my friend, Leah. She worked for the Lib Dem MP for Newbury, David Rendal. He just lost to the conservatives so she's out of a job.

It's a real shame. I liked David Rendal. He was a decent MP. He was local, his kids all went to the same school as me, his wife is a local GP and he really knew the area. He really cared about the area.

Damn Tories.

The rest of the election...I suppose tis a tad predictable. But still a shame.

Comments

[chrisvenus]

So is this new guy definitely not a local then? I was amused by where I voted (oxford) and one candidate (I forget which party) had his address as East Sheen SW14 (or whatever). At least all the other candidates had the good graces to live in the constituency. :)

What it is put down to

[isalani.livejournal.com]

Was he voted against allowing hunting to continue and all the hunters turned up and vote for the Tory.

Sucky I know but it happens.

However with that win and the other win Reading is a troy town now, where it used to be Lib Dem and Labour.

I feel bad that that your friend lost her job - but also I am happy as a Tory support that they won another seat in the area that didn't used to be tory.

Re: What it is put down to

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah...my home town of Lambourn had the hunting lobbey out in force.

*mutters darkly*

Ach...it's just sucky. David Rendal was MP for years - it's got to be over ten years he's been doing that job and now...nothing.

[melsner.livejournal.com]

My president is George W. Bush.

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

So is mine.

<wanders off singing 51st State>

[melsner.livejournal.com]

Man, if you guys were the 51st state, why did my exchange rate suck ass?

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

I always feel so sad for Politicians losing their seats. The poor guy in Putney was putting on a brave face, but you could see he was crushed. I couldn't imagine being in a job where every three and a half years I had to trust the public to let me keep it.

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

The Newbury result was a real disappointment :(

And that happens many times over every time someone loses a seat, of course. There's a bit hidden in the BBC election coverage that talks about it. Not something I'd really considered before - every time I celebrate a LibDem gain, I'm celebrating some other poor buggers losing their jobs.