<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post3281214611108674679..comments</id><updated>2008-08-26T17:02:29.138Z</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Marcus Wood: Vacuum at the heart of Government

The Russians in...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/feeds/3281214611108674679/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html'/><author><name>Marcus Wood</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-5139802910930893799</id><published>2008-08-26T17:02:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-08-26T17:02:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Can't agree with you at all, mate.If you think tha...</title><content type='html'>Can't agree with you at all, mate.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If you think that people will be rushing into the polling booths in 2010 as a referendum on either Brian Localblokes personality or the mayor and tory councillors unpopularity you are seriously deluding yourself.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It will be the Gordon and Dave show with wee cleggy (David Camerons very own 'mini me') hardly getting a look in. Nobody really cares who our MP is, but everyone cares a very great deal about the occupant of No 10.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I actually don't think our MP has done anything wrong as it happens but his time definitely running out. There is no way he is going to hang on if Labour stay as unpopular as they are now (and IMO it will get WORSE not better for Gordon).</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/5139802910930893799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/5139802910930893799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html?showComment=1219770120000#c5139802910930893799' title=''/><author><name>Brown bread</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-3281214611108674679' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/posts/default/3281214611108674679' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-1232230602854798940</id><published>2008-08-26T15:55:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-08-26T15:55:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>and replacing Brian Localbloke will be career poli...</title><content type='html'>and replacing Brian Localbloke will be career politician Charlie Windsor.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anyone can see the calibre of fools that lead the Tory group at the Town Hall and yet people want more of the same to represent us at Westminster.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Oh, methinks you understate the personal popularity of our MP. If Marcus wins it won't be because of his 'personal vote'.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As for lining of pockets might one mention the upright citizens that are Chichester and Steen. Convenient you forget them isn't it ?!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/1232230602854798940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/1232230602854798940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html?showComment=1219766100000#c1232230602854798940' title=''/><author><name>anyone but the tories</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-3281214611108674679' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/posts/default/3281214611108674679' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-2553779064449725906</id><published>2008-08-22T16:42:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-08-22T16:42:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Desperate stuff from Chav and ABTT. Cammo is the m...</title><content type='html'>Desperate stuff from Chav and ABTT. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cammo is the man of the moment and it doesn't matter what tactical voting goes on Marcus is going to win Torbay by a country mile.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Latest polling gives Daves Conservatives a higher vote share nationally then both Labour and Lib dems combined.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Martin Baxters electoral calculus is predicting Marcus will win Torbay with an 11% majority - about 6,000 votes; and that is after 'adjusting' his normal forcast to avoid the Lib Dems ending up with no seats at all!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So it will be goodbye to 'Brain Dead' Localbloke and all of his friends, family and other hangers-on who have been filling their boots on the taxpayer for the last eleven years.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/2553779064449725906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/2553779064449725906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html?showComment=1219423320000#c2553779064449725906' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-3281214611108674679' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/posts/default/3281214611108674679' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-6348314563546750264</id><published>2008-08-22T16:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-08-22T16:26:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Surely you mean for Gods sake help us from Labour ...</title><content type='html'>Surely you mean for Gods sake help us from Labour - we _know_ what they offer; and it stinks!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Our 'anyone but the Tories' Labour Government have flogged off everything in sight and outsourced to such reliable companies that we keep losing personal data, not getting exams marked on time and letting prisoners escape, selling HM customs and revenue buildings to a company that doesn't pay taxes, to say nothing of having £100bn in future liabilities to fat cat property developers under the Brwon loved PFI scheme; my kids will still be paying for some of our schools and hospitals long after you and I are long gone.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;On top of that they have taxed the poor to give breaks to the super rich!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I'll be tactically voting alright - but not the way you had in mind!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/6348314563546750264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/6348314563546750264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html?showComment=1219422360000#c6348314563546750264' title=''/><author><name>Brown and Out</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-3281214611108674679' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/posts/default/3281214611108674679' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-5236394379324204224</id><published>2008-08-22T15:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-08-22T15:19:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>What do the Tories nationally offer ? Lots of righ...</title><content type='html'>What do the Tories nationally offer ? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lots of right wing policies like Marcus' Tory councillor colleagues :&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Re-shaping the new word for privatising service&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Flog off assets to developers (no surprise as the Mayor is an estate agent and his deputy is a builder - and freemason).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The party of law and order breaks legal and binding covenants as the Tory council has the muscle to do so.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No accountability. Tories don't do surgeries.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No thought for anything / or anybody outside the tourist / hospitality trade ( the same one that gives Marcus a living).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They still ARE the 'Nasty party'.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Let's look at the most powerful elected Tory in the UK, the London Mayor - Boris is making a right mess of it already.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Don't be persuaded by the honeyed words of that viper Cameron !&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Remember Tory tax cuts equal bonuses for the rich and poorer public services for the rest of us. Let's not give 'Charlie Windsor' the career he craves. It might need Labour minded voters to vote tactically but for God's sake do it - vote to keep the Tories out !!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/5236394379324204224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/5236394379324204224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html?showComment=1219418340000#c5236394379324204224' title=''/><author><name>anyone but  the tories</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-3281214611108674679' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/posts/default/3281214611108674679' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-5821831738037961753</id><published>2008-08-21T12:15:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-08-21T12:15:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>I think Venezuela has more of the right ideas. Why...</title><content type='html'>I think Venezuela has more of the right ideas. Why don't we stop people taking our industy and hard won currency from us?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We should take back the electicity, water and gas industries and help the poor, something our labour party has forgotten about.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As for you Tories, what solutions do you offer? you were the ones who started the great sell off! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What do you intend to offer Torbay as it's MP?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/5821831738037961753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/5821831738037961753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html?showComment=1219320900000#c5821831738037961753' title=''/><author><name>Chav Chavez</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-3281214611108674679' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/posts/default/3281214611108674679' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-1792423321652622693</id><published>2008-08-19T07:57:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-08-19T07:57:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>That's an interesting take on the Kingskerswell by...</title><content type='html'>That's an interesting take on the Kingskerswell bypass, Marcus. I hope you're right.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/1792423321652622693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/3281214611108674679/comments/default/1792423321652622693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html?showComment=1219132620000#c1792423321652622693' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.marcus4torbay.org/2008/08/vacuum-at-heart-of-government-russians.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-3281214611108674679' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6385595/posts/default/3281214611108674679' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>