I look at the BBC’s ‘On This Day’ site most days. Today, I found one of the headlines for the 5th of May 2005:
The News for the the following day reported Blair’s speech, where he said that he would “focus relentlessly” on the public’s priorities.
He was reported as saying:
I think I have a very clear idea of what the British people now expect from this government for a third term.
Britons … do believe there are real problems in our immigration and asylum system and they expect us to sort them out and we will do so.
I want to make this a particular priority for this government – how we bring back a proper sense of respect in our schools, in our communities, in our towns, in our villages.
There would be a “radical programme” of legislation to deal with the priorities of education, health and law and order.
Well, he may have known what the electorate wanted…
Better Luck on Thursday!
Boadicea's Chariot 
Marvellous quote, Boa! What a hypocrite! Today’s news is that the EU has shipped in one million ‘workers’ to the UK while only a quarter of that number have gone to work across Le Continent. Brown lied to the lady from Rochdale.
Agh: don’t remind me. How typical though that they all promise the earth and once they get into power; zilch!
They know the problems but do they address them ?
I doubt that in the present economic climate any government could really address all these issues but for sure the present one has been spectacularly unsuccessful.
We must not let them continue.
I shall vote Conservative, I feel it our only hope.
Boadicea, can you please tell Bearsy that “cave” is derivative – it’s O Zangado’s copyright. What’s wrong with Bearsy’s Billabong? (apart from the fact thatI’m not sure what a billabong is exactly.)