Radical Loser Quits London Stage

Outgoing London mayor Ken Livingstone represents a fusion of the radical left with radical Islamic fundamentalism. It is the radical nature of Livingstone and his attempted makeover of London into a third world hellhole, that will be remembered long after he is gone and London has mostly recovered from his mal-government.

This result isn’t just a wonderful victory for Boris and the termination of Livingstone. It’s also a defeat for the campaign – an exceptionally dirty one, at that - waged against Boris by a small band of separatists claiming to act in the name of all London’s Muslims. __Source

Radical Islamists had been welcomed into London by Livingstone, and were fanning out into all of England. Livingstone's deranged radicalism intended to replace the old London with a brave new radical leftist/Islamist London with no place for traditional English values of hard work, tolerance, and self-reliance.

The victory for England extended far beyond the disposal of a bit of mayorial trash. Across the nation, the ruling Labour party began to reap the results of its massive overhaul of the English welfare, courts and law enforcement systems. The English were not ready to lay down in helpless stupour at the feed of an all-encompassing nanny Labour government.

For Labour, it was the worst election in 40 years. In a massive turnout, the Conservative Party took 256 seats in parliament, along with control of 12 town councils and 44% of the vote. Labour and moderate Liberal Democrats got to split the remains, and even the Liberal Democrats ,with 25%, won more than Labour.

Best of all, London's 5.5 million voters threw out Labour's biggest bum: Marxist Mayor Ken Livingstone — a man so detested he forced Labour to spend the bulk of its campaign cash to defend his re-election after eight years in power to the neglect of other districts. Nice going, Red Ken.

The "very big moment," as Tory chief David Cameron put it, echoed conservative victories in France, Germany, Sweden and Italy and signaled Britain's alignment with them. The reason was also largely the same — costly, overweening and unresponsive government that does what big governments do best: fail.

In Britain, the burden was intolerable. Labour has savaged the poor, battered Brits with tax after tax, pushing the government's tax-take to its highest level ever. __IBD

So there is still a bit of life in sad old England after all. That is a very good sign.