Arab take on elections

On Al Jazeera Arabic site today www.aljazeera.net/ there is a poll asking whether you think the Iraq issue was marginalized in the elections in the UK or not. Surprisingly, the results showed that 83% think it was. mmm... I don't think so. I think Labour's loss of almost a hundred seats certainly proves that it had the biggest effect it can, given that many people here think Labour has done really well on internal affairs. Also one major sign is the fact that big anti-war people like Robin Cook and George Galloway won. Perhaps many Arabs hoped that something like what happend in Spain would happen here, at least to compensate for the re-election of Bush, but.. Anyway, I enjoyed following the elections Thursday night live on the BBC site, it was very exciting. Oh, and in case you're wondering, a Conservative won for Enfield constituency.

Ok.. I went for a little walk about half an hour ago, stacked up on my supply of chocolates and biscuits and now will begin working again.

Mai