Read like a book. From the top left; Chirac, Le Pen, Jospin, Bayrou, Laguiller, Chevenement, Mamère, Besancenot, Saint-Josse, Madelin, Hue.
Another year gone
I decided not to post over Christmas this year; seemed a little sad to do so really. Anyway, there’s now less than an hour left of 2006, so I thought I might as well post some thoughts on the year as a whole.
On a personal level, it was a good year (although at times it certainly didn’t look that way) with several things that have been a cause of great frustration in my life ceasing to be so. I’m both suprised and glad at that.
Politically, it’s been a mixed year, but better than I’d expected and with some genuine highlights (especially the U.S and Austrian elections) here and there. Even the local elections here went better than I thought they would. Away from elections, things become quite depressing, with British politics apparently being dominated by a series of trivial scandals, vile personality politics, dumbing-down, bigotry and inertia… time and time again the Establishment unwittingly demonstrated just why so few people bother to vote in elections these days. Hopefully things will improve in 2007.
Things have ended (for us; for them ’tis a beginning) on a high though; Romania and Bulgaria have just joined the E.U. I can’t say I’m a fan of how the E.U is run, but I’m something of a believer in what could be thought of as the, or a, European Dream.
Three down, Twelve to go
So far the Democrats have gained three House seats: IN-2, IN-8 and KY-3. For those with an interest with the links between voting patterns and demographics, all three are predominatly working class.
CNN exit poll; Casey has big lead in PA
Which would mean the end of Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum’s Senate career. Fingers crossed…
It begins…
Some results are beginning to trickle in from a few precincts in Kentucky. The wait is over.
Rumours, rumours…
Word is that the exit polls are very good for the Democrats; cheered me up hearing that, but remember 2004…
