Labour comes out swinging

No, I did no spell 'Labor' wrong. In fact, I am referring to the British Labour party.

(*Also special note, I'm going to try and write about some other politics from around the world, other than just domestic. Enjoy!)

As the BBC discusses, it looks like there will be a general election sometime in the next year or so. As this is the first Labour Party Conference for Gordon Brown as Prime Minister--which begins tomorrow--many are beginning to speculate when the next general elections will be held. For those who don't know, the party conferences are meeting places where the British political parties gather to discuss and party initiatives, policy and leadership decisions. They are kind of like party conventions, except things are actually discussed, there isn't as much pageantry, it's very business-like. Ok, so really they are nothing like the political conventions we are used to.

This will be an interesting conference for a number of reasons. Specifically it will be interesting to see how the public views the party. A couple years ago, the public opinion towards the Labour Party was not all that strong, having much to do with Tony Blair's position and actions on Iraq. The party has been making substantial gains recently when it comes to public perception. Additionally, with this being Brown's first conference as PM, it will be interesting to see what policy decisions and actions come out of it.

Regardless of the outcomes, Labour seems to be pretty confident of their chances when ever the Prime Minister calls for another election.