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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 3, 2015 at 1:34 pm
(May 3, 2015 at 1:16 pm)robvalue Wrote: I notice that David Cameron has been using the "shirt sleeves rolled up" tactic lately. I think it's supposed to make us believe he's "one of the people".
Maybe I'm being too cynical. Maybe he just wanted to roll his sleeves up. What fucking business is it of mine anyway? Twat.
I hope you haven't been teaching my kids bad words.
Just had to tell of the youngest Plumb for using "twat".
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 3, 2015 at 1:37 pm
Sillyface. That's a no-no word it is too cruel for kind use. 'Tis true, please don't cry and moderators should censor me for I have sinned.
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 6, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Miliband nasty bad man
... so you no vote for him. Clever man say so.
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 6, 2015 at 1:05 pm
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I did my postal votes. For the local election, the only choices were labour, UKIP and Tory. So I went labour, lesser of three evils. It's apparently a lock for Tories here though. Dang.
I stuck to my guns and voted green in the general.
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 6, 2015 at 1:26 pm
(May 6, 2015 at 1:05 pm)robvalue Wrote: I did my postal votes. For the local election, the only choices were labour, UKIP and Tory. So I went labour, lesser of three evils. It's apparently a lock for Tories here though. Dang.
I stuck to my guns and voted green in the general.
Tories always get in down this way too. My vote for labour will be more or less a protest vote.
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 7, 2015 at 2:11 am
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Proportional representation seems like a stupid method to me. Apparently I missed a referendum on this issue some years back which offered a change to straight vote counting, according to a friend.
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 7, 2015 at 6:36 am
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(May 3, 2015 at 1:16 pm)robvalue Wrote: I notice that David Cameron has been using the "shirt sleeves rolled up" tactic lately. I think it's supposed to make us believe he's "one of the people".
Maybe I'm being too cynical. Maybe he just wanted to roll his sleeves up. What fucking business is it of mine anyway? Twat.
Peter Allen on 5live has the exact same sentiments as me on this topic yesterday.
We get the politicians we deserve. They lie because we cannot face the truth. Anyone who is remotely honest will be vilified in the press, who are looking for anything at all to generate a headline. They can't say that taxes will have to rise and cuts made and specify them exactly because they will not get into power this way.
All the parties have teams of people who decide exactly what the candidate wears, what he says, his hairstyle, the background setting etc.
Which is why we end up with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTggc0uBA8
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 7, 2015 at 8:04 am
(May 7, 2015 at 2:11 am)robvalue Wrote: Proportional representation seems like a stupid method to me. Apparently I missed a referendum on this issue some years back which offered a change to straight vote counting, according to a friend.
I remember that and blogged about it at the time. Basically we were given the opportunity to decide whether we wanted to keep the present first past the post system or the shiny alternative vote one. The result would be tallied and the one with the most votes would win.
You know - first past the post.
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 7, 2015 at 9:07 am
Well I just voted.
Let's face it, it is going to be quite boring until the negotiations start. We'll get the exit polls at just after 10pm, which seem to be fairly accurate nowadays.
I really dread a Labour-SNP agreement but I think that is the most likely outcome.
What has really annoyed me is all this "I haven't considered what happens if we don't get a majority" when they either:
a) have done, but won't tell anyone
b) haven't done, and are completely naive or stupid.
They all have done, but just can't say it as it will lose them seats.
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RE: 2015 UK General Election
May 7, 2015 at 9:10 am
(May 3, 2015 at 1:16 pm)robvalue Wrote: I notice that David Cameron has been using the "shirt sleeves rolled up" tactic lately. I think it's supposed to make us believe he's "one of the people".
Maybe I'm being too cynical. Maybe he just wanted to roll his sleeves up. What fucking business is it of mine anyway? Twat.
Nope, I noticed it too
The Conservatives are good at doing what works for London. The rest of us aren't London though and pretending to be "one of the people" won't wash. We know he's useless for anyone north of the Cotswolds.
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