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British Politics - We voted for Change and we got Cameron :(

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  • ButlerButler 89 episodes or bust Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    bongi wrote: »
    Blurbl wrote: »
    I'm just about old enough to vote, and all the parties look like uninspired assholes more prone to shit on the other parties than run the county. This immature opinion is coming from watching both siding yelling like inner-city high school gangs whenever there's coverage of Parliament.

    I've just got the feeling that whoever I vote for, I lose.

    Don't let the fact that they shout at each other in parliament get in the way of the fact that the Tories are awful.

    It's like, the Earth and the Moon are both really fucking heavy but that doesn't mean they weigh the same.

    Butler on
  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Butler wrote: »
    bongi wrote: »
    Blurbl wrote: »
    I'm just about old enough to vote, and all the parties look like uninspired assholes more prone to shit on the other parties than run the county. This immature opinion is coming from watching both siding yelling like inner-city high school gangs whenever there's coverage of Parliament.

    I've just got the feeling that whoever I vote for, I lose.

    Don't let the fact that they shout at each other in parliament get in the way of the fact that the Tories are awful.

    It's like, the Earth and the Moon are both really fucking heavy but that doesn't mean they weigh the same.

    And in this analogy, the BNP are a super-massive blackhole and voting for them makes you a bad person

    Although their in roads last time had more to do with people failing to vote for other candidates and less to do with people actually voting for them

    Edcrab on
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  • CowardlyCowardly Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    The Monster Raving Loony Party died, didn't it?
    There goes my vote.


    But whatever anyone says oh god not the Tories.

    Cowardly on
  • zen-zen- Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Once again this year I'll be counting postal votes and doing the councils bidding.

    Apparently this means I have to be impartial.

    zen- on
  • PreciousBodilyFluidsPreciousBodilyFluids Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    My heart goes out to the liberal democrats.

    Also I'm not really up to date with British politics; what terrible things has Brown done exactly? Apart from inheriting a lot of shit from Blair?

    PreciousBodilyFluids on
  • zen-zen- Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I think Brown's face is his biggest obstacle, he always looks like he's in dire need of a shit.

    Which is probably something to do with all the bananas he eats.

    zen- on
  • KarlKarl Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    bongi wrote: »
    Blurbl wrote: »
    I'm just about old enough to vote, and all the parties look like uninspired assholes more prone to shit on the other parties than run the county. This immature opinion is coming from watching both siding yelling like inner-city high school gangs whenever there's coverage of Parliament.

    I've just got the feeling that whoever I vote for, I lose.

    Don't let the fact that they shout at each other in parliament get in the way of the fact that the Tories are awful.

    Dear Bongi,
    Kiss me and never stop.

    Karl on
  • 101101 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Politicians yelling at each other in Parliment in the best part of politics.

    101 on
  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Pro-tip from Canada: do not ditch your centre-left government for conservatives.

    Meissnerd on
  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Pro-tip from Canada: do not ditch your centre-left government for conservatives.

    Seriously, don't do it.

    UnbrokenEva on
  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    marty_0001 wrote: »
    Yes where do the BNP stand, they're the only party I've ever heard of cos they're the only guys who make the international news.

    Really? This is sad.
    Canada_jezus wrote: »
    It boggles the mind that anyone would want gordon brown leading their country

    Fuck none of us did! He wasn't even elected into power. That pissed me off.

    Janson on
  • SharpyVIISharpyVII Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    These guys have been quite quiet recently:

    griffin.jpg

    When people say to me that their gonna vote for him I just go :x

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Pro-tip from Canada: do not ditch your centre-left government for conservatives.

    Seriously, don't do it.

    Guys, seriously.

    Meissnerd on
  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Also I would vote Lib Dem

    y'know, if I still lived there

    Janson on
  • 101101 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Pro-tip from Canada: do not ditch your centre-left government for conservatives.

    Seriously, don't do it.

    Guys, seriously.

    :whistle: ..whats the worst that could happen... :whistle:

    101 on
  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2010
    Janson wrote: »
    Also I would vote Lib Dem

    y'know, if I still lived there

    Aren't you still a citizen, J? You could do a mail vote.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    The centre-left party could try to pass family planning reform, only to be called anti-American.

    Meissnerd on
  • SharpyVIISharpyVII Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I feel sorry for Nick Clegg, everyone just seems to ignore him. Though the Lib Dems do seem most sensible at the moment.

    SharpyVII on
  • 101101 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    huh. American as in the USA?

    101 on
  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    tynic wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    Also I would vote Lib Dem

    y'know, if I still lived there

    Aren't you still a citizen, J? You could do a mail vote.

    Yeah

    I should look into it!

    Janson on
  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    SharpyVII wrote: »
    I feel sorry for Nick Clegg, everyone just seems to ignore him. Though the Lib Dems do seem most sensible at the moment.

    I like his wife, too

    probably by virtue of her not having been whoring herself out as the other wives have

    Janson on
  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    American as in the U.S.A., because it went against what they believe or something.

    Anyways I don't think I'm allowed to talk with the mother country for this long so I'll just step aside.

    Meissnerd on
  • SharpyVIISharpyVII Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Janson wrote: »
    SharpyVII wrote: »
    I feel sorry for Nick Clegg, everyone just seems to ignore him. Though the Lib Dems do seem most sensible at the moment.

    I like his wife, too

    probably by virtue of her not having been whoring herself out as the other wives have

    Also one of the Lib Dems female prospective candidates was a Porn director!: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8563214.stm

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  • RetabaRetaba A Cultist Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    What is with the last image? Is that the image they used to show the reaction? Is it supposed to be a video? and does the window say Bedtime Bed? or Badtime bed?


    edit for Zephyr - Ah ok, I see it now, thanks!

    Retaba on
  • ZephyrZephyr Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    badlime bed

    Zephyr on
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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    101 wrote: »
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Fearghaill wrote: »
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Pro-tip from Canada: do not ditch your centre-left government for conservatives.

    Seriously, don't do it.

    Guys, seriously.

    :whistle: ..whats the worst that could happen... :whistle:
    smile-like-your-dead-inside.jpg

    UnbrokenEva on
  • BoredGamerBoredGamer Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I don't want gordon brown to stay, but on the other hand, i can't stand that cunt cameron and his gaffawing band of toffs. I guess i'll vote lib dem, but that is tantamount to smearing shit on the voting paper, with all the good it would do.

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  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    bongi wrote: »
    Canada_jezus wrote: »
    It boggles the mind that anyone would want gordon brown leading their country

    It boggles the mind even further that David Cameron is now basically less liked than Gordon Brown.

    I actually think that Brown gets a lot of unnecessary stick. Sure, he's not fantastic, but he's committed to a lot of good causes (renewable energy, helping developing countries). He basically inherited the accumulated shit of Blair and, before that, Thatcher.

    Not trying to exonerate him, obviously. But I think it's remarkable that everyone is suddenly pinning all of the shit on Brown instead of Thatcher and Blair.

    [edit]I mean, for example, he goes out of his way to hand-write letters of condolence to the families of dead British servicemen, and then he gets trashed by The Sun on account of the fact that his handwriting is kinda scruffy and he may-or-may-not have misspelled the dude's name?

    Fuck off, Murdoch.
    Well before he was PM he was Chancellor of the Exchequer so it seems reasonable that he's responsible for some of UKs financial problems

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited March 2010
    BusterK wrote: »
    bongi wrote: »
    Canada_jezus wrote: »
    It boggles the mind that anyone would want gordon brown leading their country

    It boggles the mind even further that David Cameron is now basically less liked than Gordon Brown.

    I actually think that Brown gets a lot of unnecessary stick. Sure, he's not fantastic, but he's committed to a lot of good causes (renewable energy, helping developing countries). He basically inherited the accumulated shit of Blair and, before that, Thatcher.

    Not trying to exonerate him, obviously. But I think it's remarkable that everyone is suddenly pinning all of the shit on Brown instead of Thatcher and Blair.

    [edit]I mean, for example, he goes out of his way to hand-write letters of condolence to the families of dead British servicemen, and then he gets trashed by The Sun on account of the fact that his handwriting is kinda scruffy and he may-or-may-not have misspelled the dude's name?

    Fuck off, Murdoch.
    Well before he was PM he was Chancellor of the Exchequer so it seems reasonable that he's responsible for some of UKs financial problems

    Definitely! But I mean, people were baying for his blood as though he, single-handedly, had brought down the economy.

    bongi on
  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    BoredGamer wrote: »
    I don't want gordon brown to stay, but on the other hand, i can't stand that cunt cameron and his gaffawing band of toffs. I guess i'll vote lib dem, but that is tantamount to smearing shit on the voting paper, with all the good it would do.

    This is precisely the reason why the Lib Dems haven't gained more power yet

    vote vote!

    Janson on
  • GumpyGumpy There is always a greater powerRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    No matter what the tories do, they'll always get attacked for all being rich far more then they'll get attacked on actual policy

    75% of the people you talk to say they would vote Lib Dem, but the lib dem's don't have the support so they won't vote for them/at all

    After 12 years in power, I think that labour can't really blame the economy on Thatcher anymore

    Pretty crazy

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  • ZwaZwa Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    BoredGamer wrote: »
    I don't want gordon brown to stay, but on the other hand, i can't stand that cunt cameron and his gaffawing band of toffs. I guess i'll vote lib dem, but that is tantamount to smearing shit on the voting paper, with all the good it would do.

    Look up your constituency on wikipedia, and see whether the Lib Dems were one of the top two parties in 2005. In which case your vote counts and vote for them. Otherwise vote for the party most likely to implement voting reform in a hung parliament that would let your vote count in the future (that party being Labour).

    Disclosure:I am a Labour whore, so take my voting advice with a pinch of salt.

    Also, is anyone in the Brighton Pavilion constituency? If so, do you reckon the Greens can actually get in there? Despite their mental science policies, that would be an excellent example of our democracy actually working for once.

    Zwa on
  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Oh Rupert Murdoch

    Onlinereaders will be charged £2 a week to read The Times and The Sunday Times on the web from June, News International announced today.
    Both titles will launch new websites in early May, separating their digital presence for the first time and replacing the existing combined site, Times Online.
    From June, customers will be able to view www.thetimes.co.uk and www.thesundaytimes.co.uk, for a charge of £1 for a day's access or £2 for a week's subscription.

    Payment will give readers access to both sites. The weekly subscription will also give access to certain new applications.

    Use of the digital services will be included in the seven-day subscriptions of print customers to The Times and The Sunday Times.

    Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of The Sun's parent company News International, said: "At a defining moment for journalism, this is a crucial step towards making the business of news an economically exciting proposition.

    "We are proud of our journalism and unashamed to say that we believe it has value.

    "This is just the start. The Times and The Sunday Times are the first of our four titles in the UK to move to this new approach."

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited March 2010
    Gumpy wrote: »
    No matter what the tories do, they'll always get attacked for all being rich far more then they'll get attacked on actual policy

    75% of the people you talk to say they would vote Lib Dem, but the lib dem's don't have the support so they won't vote for them/at all

    After 12 years in power, I think that labour can't really blame the economy on Thatcher anymore

    Pretty crazy

    They'll get attacked on actual policy because their actual policy is stupid - cut public spending, cut tax for the rich, cut funding to the BBC - their policy is a cavalcade of idiocy.

    As for not blaming Thatcher - you can't really hold any one person accountable, of course. But I think you can make a pretty convincing case that Thatcher's government set the precedent.

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    bongi wrote: »

    Ideally, I'd like for the Lib Dems to win, but given that that's fairly unlikely, I'm going to say that I'd rather have four more years of Labour than the Tories, at least right now. I don't trust the Tories with the economy at the best of times, and this is pretty much the worst of times since WW2.

    I am in this boat too, voting LibDem again probably, it'd be nice to think they've got a better chance. But hey, every vote counts.

    Liiya on
  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    It's a better attitude than sitting on the sofa all day and complaining about the state of the country at least

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  • LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Urgh I know, I can't stand it when people moan about it and then say "Oh I didn't vote, didn't see the point".

    Liiya on
  • Canada_jezusCanada_jezus Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I'll actually be in england in two weeks, will i be getting an earfull of election propaganda and the like? Or not since there is no date yet.

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  • bongibongi regular
    edited March 2010
    Canada_jezus wrote: »
    I'll actually be in england in two weeks, will i be getting an earfull of election propaganda and the like? Or not since there is no date yet.

    I dunno, it's starting to ramp up.

    It never gets as crazy as the US, though.

    bongi on
  • Canada_jezusCanada_jezus Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Will people on the highstreet, in addition to insurance, be trying to sell me on their politics? WILL THEY

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