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[tinyjo]

Woohoo! Finally, Sir Ming resigns! I've never forgiven him for knifing Charles Kennedy in the back and it was a serious consideration for me whether I could vote for the party with him in charge (despite the fact that I remained a member). Interestingly, the BBC are reporting Charles Kennedy is at 16/1 odds of being leader again, which would be awesome, but anyone will be an improvement on Ming. And of course, as a member, I'll get a vote, I think.

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[dyddgu.livejournal.com]

This bit in particular, though there is a general point to be made - I was about to reply to your comment on my rugby post making this particular point. People are generally quite tribal, and if it's not for sport then it's often for politics. I was wondering why you thought it "worrying" when it was to do with sport, and yet apparently less so when it's Charlie v. Ming?

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

It's when it turns to violence that I find it worrying, as in the Rangers/Celtic example. I would put the Irish Protestant/Catholic thing in the same category - violent tribalism is not confined to sport. It's also true that the impulse to not support the other side because they're the other side is not confined to violent tribalism (witness politics, as I said above). I just found the choice of such a particularly violent example odd.