my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426139] |
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<< lib dems. i've been saying that for some time
it's a shame vince cable isn't still in charge, he was the only politician i genuinely liked. nick clegg's a good guy though.
gordon brown can say whatever he wants, he breaks more promises than he keeps and half the stuff he does has no relation at all to what he said he would do. cameron is not quite so uncharismatic (and dishonest) as brown but the policies aren't exactly radically different.
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Re: my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426194 is a reply to message #426184] |
Sun, 18 April 2010 06:24 |
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CarrierII wrote on Sun, 18 April 2010 03:10 | (create jobs -> get taxes)
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Man, I wish the United States had a political party sensible enough not to be afraid of taxes.
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Re: my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426206 is a reply to message #426172] |
Sun, 18 April 2010 08:41 |
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reborn wrote on Sun, 18 April 2010 02:48 | I will deffinately vote, but it'll probably be a "protest vote".
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remember last election time, everyone said voter apathy was going to be the problem? and it was, really... very small turnout.
i predict that we're about to have the biggest voter turnout in recent british electoral history.
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Re: my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426208 is a reply to message #426206] |
Sun, 18 April 2010 08:50 |
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Spoony wrote on Sun, 18 April 2010 16:41 |
reborn wrote on Sun, 18 April 2010 02:48 | I will deffinately vote, but it'll probably be a "protest vote".
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remember last election time, everyone said voter apathy was going to be the problem? and it was, really... very small turnout.
i predict that we're about to have the biggest voter turnout in recent british electoral history.
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A "None of the above" option? I liked that idea.
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R315r4z0r wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 15:35 |
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the hell is that?
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Re: my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426216 is a reply to message #426206] |
Sun, 18 April 2010 09:31 |
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Spoony wrote on Sun, 18 April 2010 11:41 |
remember last election time, everyone said voter apathy was going to be the problem? and it was, really... very small turnout.
i predict that we're about to have the biggest voter turnout in recent british electoral history.
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How does that affect whether someone should use their vote as a protest or not?
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Re: my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426230 is a reply to message #426139] |
Sun, 18 April 2010 10:53 |
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I am probably going to vote Lib Dem myself, but I will be doing more research into each of the parties before the elections come around. Bit busy with university work right now.
Thought it was funny how Gordon Clown jumped on Nick Cleggs coat tails in the debate once he realised the audience were responding favourably to him... I notice one of the recent polls has the Lib Dems with a higher vote share than both Labour and the Conservatives, something like 33% against 31% for the Conservatives and 27% for Labour. Makes a change, hopefully it will convince people that a vote for the Lib Dems is not a wasted vote and they stand a real chance of winning a substantial proportion of the seats.
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Re: my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426232 is a reply to message #426230] |
Sun, 18 April 2010 11:13 |
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danpaul88 wrote on Sun, 18 April 2010 18:53 | I am probably going to vote Lib Dem myself, but I will be doing more research into each of the parties before the elections come around. Bit busy with university work right now.
Thought it was funny how Gordon Clown jumped on Nick Cleggs coat tails in the debate once he realised the audience were responding favourably to him... I notice one of the recent polls has the Lib Dems with a higher vote share than both Labour and the Conservatives, something like 33% against 31% for the Conservatives and 27% for Labour. Makes a change, hopefully it will convince people that a vote for the Lib Dems is not a wasted vote and they stand a real chance of winning a substantial proportion of the seats.
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But they don't, because the ratio of people to MP varies between MPs. It's not a very good system.
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halokid wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 08:46 |
R315r4z0r wrote on Mon, 11 October 2010 15:35 |
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the hell is that?
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Re: my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426240 is a reply to message #426236] |
Sun, 18 April 2010 11:49 |
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GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Sun, 18 April 2010 11:30 | (in all seriousness, if I were British, I'd go for whichever party gets rid of England's retarded nazi-ism and the overly religious hold on government)
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I'm not sure even you know exactly what you're trying to say here.
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Re: my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426241 is a reply to message #426240] |
Sun, 18 April 2010 12:07 |
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Dover wrote on Sun, 18 April 2010 13:49 |
GEORGE ZIMMER wrote on Sun, 18 April 2010 11:30 | (in all seriousness, if I were British, I'd go for whichever party gets rid of England's retarded nazi-ism and the overly religious hold on government)
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I'm not sure even you know exactly what you're trying to say here.
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The big brother-esque feel of England's government is pretty bad from what I hear. The religion part should be a given.
Willing to bet the right-wing of England is the cause of both :\
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Re: my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426252 is a reply to message #426139] |
Sun, 18 April 2010 14:07 |
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Cameron's position is probably the best of the worst for Britain in the long term. He's a smooth operator compared to Brown, who's sulkiness reminds me way too much of the leftist leaders in our country a few years ago; all they could do was complain.
He's also candid enough to admit that England's society is broken, something that few politicians are willing to say. However, whether he has the stomach to actually tackle the bureaucratic, overreaching nightmare that is the English government, and decentralize the federal government remains to seen.
Still, Cameron just seems too middling in his policies. He'd probably prefer to head more to the right, but then there's that awful shadow of Maggie hanging over him. Her brand of conservatism probably ruined any chance of a real conservative government in England for at least 50 years. Cameron would be wise to look to, and consult Canada's Conservative government, just as Sarkozy did, before he sold out.
I'm happy to see the Liberal-Democrats taking a good share in the polls. Having a power-broker in Parliament is always a good thing, unless of course you live in Canada, and that power-broker is dedicated to separating from the country.
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Re: my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426263 is a reply to message #426230] |
Sun, 18 April 2010 15:24 |
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danpaul88 wrote on Sun, 18 April 2010 12:53 | Thought it was funny how Gordon Clown jumped on Nick Cleggs coat tails in the debate once he realised the audience were responding favourably to him...
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for me, the high point of the debate was gordon brown totally embarrass himself about parliament reform.
"nick, do you support my plans for reforming the houses?"
"i proposed the reforms last week dumbass, you blocked them"
"answer the question nick, do you support me in this?"
gordon clearly didn't realise what a prick he made himself look there
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(in all seriousness, if I were British, I'd go for whichever party gets rid of England's retarded nazi-ism and the overly religious hold on government)
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that would probably be the lib dems too.
labour under brown have permitted sharia law courts and huge numbers of faith schools. the conservatives want more faith schools but specifically christian ones. the BNP are even more christian than that, but that's fascism for you. the RESPECT party may as well call itself dhimmis-R-us.
nick clegg's an atheist and clearly wasn't too comfortable in admitting it (though it's not as bad as it is in america), and i don't recall the lib dems proposing any surrender of our democratic principles, free speech etc to religious bullying like we've had almost non-stop for years.
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Re: my fellow brits... who're you gonna vote for? [message #426306 is a reply to message #426263] |
Mon, 19 April 2010 00:26 |
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I can't vote as I'm not old enough yet (im 16)
But if I could I'd be backing the lib dems/labour..still unsure. They both seam a hell of alot better than the Cons.
After finishing watching the general lection debate (about 5mins ago). I decided that the Cons jus want to take funding out of shit and put is in a worse position. I was initially backing Labour but hearing the policies of the Lib Dems have swayed me to neutral between the two. I'm unsure now
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