The Other Minister (was Re: Is Umbridge a commentary on British govt. ed

[Goddlefrood]

<SNIPS abound, beware>
> > > Ann:
> > > But if we play the game of All-Canon-Is-Accurate, it's 
> > > obvious who the PM is: Neil Kinnock. 

> > Geoff:
> > Hate to say it, but you're obviously not a UK voter. Neil 
> > Kinnock was never PM;

> Ann:
> What I meant was that you'd only need a small change to make 
> Kinnock PM, because that election was so close.

Goddlefrood:

It wasn't that close, they got a majority of 65, wasn't it? 
It decreased as by-elections came up, but the election of 1992 
really couldn't be called close.

There was a headline at the time, in The Sun (that bastion of 
political propriety) reading:

"Would the last person to leave the country turn out the light?"

That rag always claimed to have swung the election, however the 
CONservatives would probably have won anyway. The current lot of 
Tories make Major's crew look like some of the greatest statesmen 
ever.

I fondly remeber the time when Arthur Scargill was PM myself.

Goddlefrood, singing the Grantham Anthem.