Re: Funny how everyone points at the Tories doing all kinds of shenanigans...
Please. "This was New Labor" is the standard bloody excuse that any Labourite of the more lefty persuasion comes up with. Without 'New Labour', Labour would've been consigned to the loony bin for decades already. Thanks to New Labour, Labour *had* its time in the sun for the better part of 17 years. So no. "This was New Labor" doesn't cut it. At. All.
One thing I *do* and *will* agree with you on is one of your closing comments... Yes, yes they are muppet farms. British politics is infested with them. Muppets, that is.