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shaman 05-06-2010 05:13 PM

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and my reasons are far better than yours..

You are very unfortunate if you consider your opinions to be "better" than another person's.


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If you're not going to say something of substance, don't say anything at all.

Oh, ok, allow me to ellaborate.

The thought that it is possible to cut the defecit by decreasing taxes, radically expand free tuition to everyone except for first year undergraduates, scrapping tuition fees for first year degree student and still find the cash to increase funding on the NHS. Is totally idealist, as is tradition with the lib dems.

The idea that it is ok to give clemency to illigals after ten years, which would increase the population of this contry by over one million people in the first few years. With absolutely no regulation on the economic value of those people, their ability to speak that language or the potential security risk.

Also, A blind Tarot reader would laugh at the vagueness of their ideas on the business sector and economy.

Feel free to go to town on this...

EDIT: WoF, to be honest i would have thought you'd be a Socialist Worker man.

PS. The conservatives have just won in my area. Hm.

MA 05-06-2010 05:39 PM

i voted Nick Clegg, so you all rip the shit out of me so i can react nastily onec i sober up.

Wings of Fire 05-07-2010 03:02 AM

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You are very unfortunate if you consider your opinions to be "better" than another person's.

Not at all what I said.

ANYWAY

http://i41.tinypic.com/1536xht.jpg

Hung Parliament time.

enchilado 05-07-2010 03:24 AM

Australia's Prime Minister is better than any British fag, anyway! He's - he's... Kevin... Rudd...

aw, man!

Bullet Magnet 05-07-2010 03:33 AM

The problem with a hung parliament is that instead of having the best of the best working together for the betterment of the nation (you do realise this is politics?) we get the worst of the worst fighting over who gets to govern, spending their time in backroom negotiations and double-crossing one another in an attempt to become king of a non-existent hill.

It horrifies the traders in the stock-market, who as we all know go completely to pieces if anything out of the ordinary happens. With Greece out on its ear, the hamsters in the wheels powering the EU economy depend on Britain as their security blanket. But if we aren't sorted out by the time the markets open on Monday we'll be seeing some panicky fluctuations and nosedives.

Nate 05-07-2010 05:18 AM

After all that PR and reputation from the debates, the Lib Dems lost seats?!

MeechMunchie 05-07-2010 05:25 AM

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The problem with a hung parliament is that instead of having the best of the best working together for the betterment of the nation (you do realise this is politics?) we get the worst of the worst fighting over who gets to govern, spending their time in backroom negotiations and double-crossing one another in an attempt to become king of a non-existent hill.

It horrifies the traders in the stock-market, who as we all know go completely to pieces if anything out of the ordinary happens. With Greece out on its ear, the hamsters in the wheels powering the EU economy depend on Britain as their security blanket. But if we aren't sorted out by the time the markets open on Monday we'll be seeing some panicky fluctuations and nosedives.

Too many mixed analogies.

Wings of Fire 05-07-2010 05:58 AM

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After all that PR and reputation from the debates, the Lib Dems lost seats?!

They were fucked by the first past the post system, which exists solely to create strong reactionary governments that are hard to topple.

Bullet Magnet 05-07-2010 07:18 AM

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Too many mixed analogies.

Nice of you to notice. It was a special effort.

Wings of Fire 05-07-2010 07:23 AM

Lib-Dems meet with tories, country holds breath.

Bullet Magnet 05-07-2010 07:47 AM

Lib Dems ritualistically devour Tories, country exhales?

Wings of Fire 05-07-2010 08:08 AM

To stand as a candidate in the UK election you must lodge a £500 deposit. If you get less than 5% of the vote, you don't get it back.

We have data on 609 of 650 constituencies.

A BNP candidate appeared on 338 ballots (312 of which have been called). 260 have lost their deposit.

The BNP is currently down

£130,000

Good work!

STM 05-07-2010 08:21 AM

Haha, on other affairs, can't wait for a hung government. Should be fun. Not.

OANST 05-07-2010 08:28 AM

On the plus side you guys get to listen to plenty of lively debate. Nonstop. Right?

Wings of Fire 05-07-2010 08:33 AM

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On the plus side you guys get to listen to plenty of lively debate. Nonstop. Right?

And we don't even have a black man.

OANST 05-07-2010 08:35 AM

Maybe one day you guys will be as open minded and forward thinking as we Americans are. Maybe.

Bullet Magnet 05-07-2010 09:58 AM

Statistically, we're more likely to get south-east Asian and middle-eastern politicians than black politicians. Oh, and Polish politicians, if they haven't all gone back to Poland to find work by now.

MA 05-07-2010 01:28 PM

friggin Polish almost forced my stepfather out of his job. i am not impressed with their 'knocking other people the fuck off the employment ladder' forte.

Wings of Fire 05-07-2010 01:31 PM

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friggin Polish almost forced my stepfather out of his job. i am not impressed with their 'knocking other people the fuck off the employment ladder' forte.

Lucky for you that the Tories got in then!

Bullet Magnet 05-07-2010 04:02 PM

Damn those Poles and their penchant for working harder and for less pay than we lazy, greedy natives.

OANST 05-07-2010 04:06 PM

The Beaners, too.

MA 05-07-2010 04:23 PM

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Damn those Poles and their penchant for working harder and for less pay than we lazy, greedy natives.

no no, its got nothing to do with scaffolding.

Bullet Magnet 05-07-2010 05:02 PM

Ah. Booze money.

MA 05-08-2010 02:04 AM

LOOK YOU'VE ONLY BEEN BACK 10 MINUTES FUCK OFF

MeechMunchie 05-11-2010 12:42 PM

David Cameron is our new Prime Minister.

Eurgh.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/liveevent/

shaman 05-11-2010 12:46 PM

This reich will last for a thousand years.

OddjobAbe 05-11-2010 12:47 PM

I'm on the verge of fucking hanging myself.

Bullet Magnet 05-11-2010 01:03 PM

Can't wait to see how they reform the electoral process. By getting rid of elections, I imagine.

OANST 05-11-2010 01:04 PM

Oh, come on guys. He seems to about as liberal as a conservative can possibly get. It can't be that fucking bad.

OddjobAbe 05-11-2010 01:06 PM

He's a fucking twat. It's a fucking disaster. He's all for the chuffing rich.

OANST 05-11-2010 01:11 PM

I've read quotes from him stating that the government should find ways to increase their populations health and happiness, and lessen their attempts to line everyone's pockets.

He just doesn't seem that bad to me.

Wings of Fire 05-11-2010 01:13 PM

Even though I don't like the man I really also don't like when people keep crying SHADOW OF THATCHER.

OddjobAbe 05-11-2010 01:26 PM

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I've read quotes from him stating that the government should find ways to increase their populations health and happiness, and lessen their attempts to line everyone's pockets.

He just doesn't seem that bad to me.

That is clearly just something he has said to make people think "Jesus Christ, that sounds great! Let's vote for him!". The man's an utter tit, and I don't trust a word that is regurgitated through his smarmy little mouth.

OANST 05-11-2010 01:54 PM

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That is clearly just something he has said to make people think "Jesus Christ, that sounds great!

Ahhh. So he's a politician.

Bullet Magnet 05-11-2010 02:28 PM

Yes, to be honest, since the election I was hoping he'd get in just to clear up this fucking mess as quickly as possible. Now we can get back to the normal kind of political despair.

Nate 05-11-2010 07:19 PM

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I've read quotes from him stating that the government should find ways to increase their populations health and happiness, and lessen their attempts to line everyone's pockets.

He just doesn't seem that bad to me.

Perhaps you don't realise it, but most Conservative parties in the Western World are not only more Liberal than your country's Republican party; many of them are more Liberal than the Democrats also.

Wings of Fire 05-11-2010 08:22 PM

We're just spoilt.

OANST 05-12-2010 06:49 AM

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Perhaps you don't realise it, but most Conservative parties in the Western World are not only more Liberal than your country's Republican party; many of them are more Liberal than the Democrats also.

I think that maybe you're exaggerating a bit? Our liberals can be quite liberal. It's just that fuck Lieberman who ruins it for everyone.

Wings of Fire 05-12-2010 08:47 AM

http://libdems.org.uk/latest_news_de...7-7778979458ff

OANST 05-12-2010 08:57 AM

And that proves.....what? That your conservatives are much less hard line than ours? I think we all knew that.