Politics

[andrewducker]

Yesterday, on autopope's journal I said:

If Tony Blair lasts out the next couple of months without a challenge from someone I'll be extremely surprised.

and lo and behold today The Guardian reports:

If Mr Blair does not bow to the pressure backbench MPs intend to publish a letter, possibly by the end of next week, with as many as 75 signatures calling on him to agree the transition or face a formal challenge.

So - any bets on how much longer he lasts?

[Poll #723669]

Comments

[andrewducker]

A lot of people (at least on LJ) feel compelled to do polls regardless of whether they know anything about its content.

That, I would think, is their problem.

Generally speaking I find that writing for an audience, rather than for oneself, is a terrible idea.

[avatar.livejournal.com]

You don't write a poll for only yourself?

[andrewducker]

I write polls to get answers to questions that interest/amuse _me_.

[avatar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but other people fill in your poll!

[andrewducker]

And it's great that they choose to fill in my poll. But it's still _my_ poll, for my benefit.

If they want to write their own poll then that's up to them - but I wouldn't tell them how to write it any more than I'd tell them what colour scheme to use on their journal (or what to write in it).