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'End of the road for Gordon Brown' - says our MEP
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Mr Hannan MP with Cllr Bhutia
Outspoken MEP Daniel Hannan claims the shock Tory victory in the Luton and Wayfield by-election will act as a pre-cursor to the end of the Prime Minister’s time in office – saying “Gordon Brown is finished”.

The Conservative MEP for South East England made the comments following a visit to Medway at the weekend to congratulate newly elected councillor Tashi Bhutia on his by-election success.

Writing in a national newspaper, Mr Hannan paid tribute to Mr Bhutia and predicted a Tory landslide in the forthcoming general election.

He wrote: “The Conservatives of North Kent have achieved something unbelievable; wresting the Luton and Wayfield ward from Labour for the first time in 40 years.

“The winning Tory candidate is the most likeable, hard-working and modest of men, a former Gurkha soldier called Tashi Bhutia.

“Luton and Wayfield was perhaps the safest Labour seat in non-metropolitan England.

“But its residents had had enough. They felt angry, ignored, over-taxed, ripped-off, lied-to, and they knew exactly whom to blame."

In his Daily Telegraph blog, Mr Hannan added: “I wish I had the vocabulary to describe the magnitude of this defeat. If Labour can’t hold Luton and Wayfield, not a single Labour constituency can be considered safe. Gordon Brown is finished.”

Medway Council’s deputy leader Alan Jarrett agreed with Mr Hannan, saying: “This result demonstrates that the electorate are fed up with Labour and that the British public don’t trust Labour to run the country, the council or even Labour’s safest seat in Medway. 

“Labour has not only lost this by-election, but two other councillors and are clearly now even losing their hard core supporters. 

“I fully expect a Conservative MP to be elected in Chatham and Aylesford as part of a Conservative Government.”

Medway’s Labour Party hit back at Mr Hannan, calling on the MEP to apologise for branding the NHS a “60 year mistake” and citing opinionated “Rivers of Blood” MP Enoch Powell as among his main influences.

Labour Councillor for Chatham Vince Maple said: “Daniel Hannan is without doubt the most contemptuous representatives Medway has ever had. 

“On the one hand the Tories try to paint themselves as compassionate Conservatives, while in reality they attack the NHS and praise Enoch Powell.

“When another Tory candidate praised Powell in 2007, David Cameron criticised him and he was forced to resign.

“The question now for Cameron is whether he will take a similar approach with his MEP who is clearly becoming more and more of a liability."

Cllr Teresa Murray added: “When I carried out a survey about the NHS last year, I received a massive response with an incredible 100% positive rating, proving that Medway’s residents really do value their local health services. 

“I am therefore concerned that Mr Hannan’s best friend, Councillor Mark Reckless, will not join me in criticising Dan Hannan’s scandalous comments about the NHS.”
POSTED: 09/09/2009 09:00:00

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Added: Thursday 10/09/2009 12:50:52 UK
And with regards to the comments from Teresa Murray regarding the NHS, I have my doubts that the families of the 30,000 odd people who have died as a result of superbug infections in NHS hospitals would give the NHS a 100% approval rating. We only need to look at recent events in Maidstone to see the real rot that lies at the heart of the NHS. Blithely saying 'We Love The NHS' does not change the fact that it has myriad faults that Labour don't have the will to honestly address.
Mr Eric Mann, Chatham, UK
Added: Thursday 10/09/2009 12:36:59 UK
I am curious regarding the response from Vince Maple where he calls for Daniel Hannan to be sacked for merely saying that Enoch Powell was an influence on his political career. I have searched and searched but for the life of me I cannot find any reference to where Vince Maple called on Tony Blair to be sacked when he commented thus on Enoch Powell, "However controversial his views, he was one of the great figures of 20th century British politics, gifted with a brilliant mind." Can you help?
Mr Eric Mann, Chatham, UK
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