OT but timely: Proxy voting

it's a fucking disgrace ;-)

 

You did, pretty much, yes.

You mean you've seen how silly it made you look?

<hi-fives Adrian>

 

It all went downhill when we broadened it from white, male, prod, property
owners.

I'm sure things will be better when we roll the ball back up 'hill.

 

I said already you can't get a fag (paper) between them and anyone who
thinks it will make a huge difference which one wins is living in a dream
world. However govmints get worse the longer they remain in power and that
basis alone, having thought about it, I'd rather see Cameron in than Brown.

Watching Diane Abbott and Mike Portillo last night? I was impressed she
voted against the new Digital Piracy bill (hopefully the Lords will kick it
back) and I like her a lot but hell, does she get bigger every time I see
her. I expect Lenny Henry will be sniffing round her coats tails.

 

Depending on the PR method look forward to 5 or 10 BNP MP's

 

There's an 'elephant' joke waiting there.....

 

But Dave Camereron's Tories have seen what Blur did and liked it so much
they are going to do it too so a vote for them is by their own admission
a vote for doing exactly the same things. So forgive me if I seem
stupid but please explain to me just how is more of the same going to be
any different?[/QUOTE]

It won't just be the same, though. Looking at the right-wing alliances
DC's making in Europe, his intention to repeal the Human Rights Act
and the toadying he's doing to Rupert Murdoch, prior to drawing
Ofcom's teeth and unleashing Fox News on us poor Brits, I suspect
we'll see a very different Tory party if/when they get in.

 

Let's hope half of them switch to Lib-Dem.

 

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"Yeh, yeh, yeh - but it's _different_..."

 

try voteforpolicies.org

 

On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:12:55 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty"

And even then they only did it to distract from some other legislation
they wanted to get through.

 

Thatcher and her cronies sold off enough 'crown jewels' to make Labour
look like a bunch of hoarders, they raised unemployment, took us into
an illegal war, implemented anti-terrorist laws and effectively fucked
us for ever when it came to heavy engineering.

I'm sure it was a Tory government that squandered the revenue from
North Sea oil and gas by dropping taxes to buy votes rather than
spending it on things that benefited everyone rather than those on
higher than average salaries.

 

* Lib Dems 57.14%
* Conservatives 28.57%
* UKIP 14.29%

Thankfully the UKIP match was the Environment, because I think having
nuclear power is sensible compared to groveling for fossil fuels in 10
years time. Plus it might keep Bonwick in a job.

Anyway, it's academic, the yellow team secured my vote yesterday with
their 100% effort to reject the Digital economy bill where the other 2
sides didn't. Shame there weren't more MPs to force the issue.

Anyway, politics. FFS.

 

So when the Tories drop taxes it's to 'buy votes', but if Labour were
to do the same it'd be 'so everyone can benefit', and that makes it ok?

What illegal war did the last Tory government take us into then?

 

Here's the breakdown of your resultsLabour
25.00% Labour
25.00% Green
50.00% Lib Dems

No real surprises there.

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If the Tories had used the money to build hospitals, improve
schooling, improve roads, improve the rail network or any other of the
hundreds of things needed I'd have applauded them for it. They didn't.

Are you having a laugh? It wasn't a Labour government in power when we
had the first Gulf War, it was the fucking Tories sucking up the Bush
senior. Yes, I know that idiot Blair did the same and I've slagged him
off endlessly for it.

 

No it's not. I know many investment managers, having worked with them
for the last 13 years & they're the most uncorrupt bunch you could ever
hope to meet. Which is a good job considering how easy it would be for
them to syphon off a substantial amount of dosh.

Right, even though some of those business leaders donate to the Labour
party.

Yeah, cos we haven't paid any price over the last few years have we.

How much do you think Blair sold to get the Sun's support after decades
of them supporting Labour? How much did he get for Bernie Ecclestone's
support? How much have the Labour MP's in the recent 'we'll sort you
out for a few grand a day' videos got over the years? I realise it's
pointless disagreeing with you though as when it comes to politics,
you're as blinkered as they come.

 

That's a good site. On some questions I wanted to choose 'none of the
above' but that wasn't an option so I went for my least disliked (bit
like our elections I suppose).

* Conservatives 37.50%
* Green Party 25.00%
* Lib Dems 12.50%
* UKIP 12.50%
* Labour 12.50%

I was quite surprised by the Green Party bit.

Kevin

 

Not really, it was a fully sanctioned war involving many countries in
direct response to Iraq invading Kuwait & then threatening to start on
Saudi. Completely different to the second Gulf War, & totally justified
imo.