Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 21:50
I voted for the many not the few
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Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 21:51
Just been prowling the tinterweb and noticed that my old hippy English teacher and form tutor is the liberal candidate for my old hometown of Birkenhead. He is the dude that introduced me to Leonard Cohen. Sound bloke, can't see him displacing Frank Field in Jerkinbed though.
Posted: 08 Jun 2017, 22:51
I will vote in September (in Germany) 
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 06:48
f**king hell! Avoided looking at the election results all day, then caved. What a surprise!
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 06:59
You did! Why thank you! 
The only downside that you may discover how big loons the DUP actually are. Our lot over here were sadly predictable.
The only downside that you may discover how big loons the DUP actually are. Our lot over here were sadly predictable.
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 08:53
Tories climbing into bed with the DUP makes the accusations of "terrorist sympathiser" thrown at Corbyn look a bit hollow.
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 09:28
There must be some Tory think tank getting paid huge amounts of dosh to come up with ideas like :-
"What you need is a referendum it will reinforce the UKs commitment to the EU and silence Ukip"
"Have an election now whilst the opposition are on the back foot and you are so popular it will give you another 5 years in power and an even bigger majority"
I wonder if there are any vacancies?
"What you need is a referendum it will reinforce the UKs commitment to the EU and silence Ukip"
"Have an election now whilst the opposition are on the back foot and you are so popular it will give you another 5 years in power and an even bigger majority"
I wonder if there are any vacancies?
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 10:03
I always thought that voting is right, to say more freedom. Therefore excersing your freedom and right under will it's self-contradictory.Dan wrote:That's actually not a bad idea. In the UK in recent times the results are always really close, like 52/48. That's really poor. If you take into account that a lot of people didn't vote at all it means that 30-ish percent of the country had the casting vote, and that's pisspoor. France's result was good: 66/34. I'm not sure we've ever had such a decisive result in the UK, not in recent times anyway.Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Belgians have no choice, we still have a compulsory vote system
IZ.
And i'm from country where seeing over 55% of voters vote is as possible as seeing invisible pink pegasus playing on banjo.
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 10:25
I'm in the UK. I think voting should be compulsory but there should be a "none of the above" box
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 11:10
Yeah, i'd have to say you can't have compulsary voting unless you include an abstain option box!
At least turnout is higher this year at around 69% with a massive increase in the 18-24 year old vote.
On another note, i've just heard Paul Nuttall has resigned from UKIP, does this mean yet another return for Farage - in, out, in, out, shake it all about
At least turnout is higher this year at around 69% with a massive increase in the 18-24 year old vote.
On another note, i've just heard Paul Nuttall has resigned from UKIP, does this mean yet another return for Farage - in, out, in, out, shake it all about
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 11:15
Wait til you get a load of the DUP. Even worse that UKIP. Hate gay people, abortion, half of them don't believe the dinosaurs existed... 
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 11:36
I heard that may glued herself to the chair and they cannot safely remove her
*Edit- What is DUP ?
*Edit- What is DUP ?
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 11:40
DUP = Democratic Unionist Party - a bunch of hard-right religious nutjobs from Northern Ireland.
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 11:41
The DUP are the largest Unionist party in Northern Ireland. They are extreme religious right wing. One example:iesus wrote:I heard that may glued herself to the chair and they cannot safely remove her
*Edit- What is DUP ?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/200 ... win-courts
Normally England pays no attention to them. Now they will.
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 11:48
Yes, its odd, Northern Ireland politics largely ignored over here unless it's something IRA related.abridged wrote:The DUP are the largest Unionist party in Northern Ireland. They are extreme religious right wing. One example:iesus wrote:I heard that may glued herself to the chair and they cannot safely remove her
*Edit- What is DUP ?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/200 ... win-courts
Normally England pays no attention to them. Now they will.
All through the campaign, Welsh and Scottish parties all over the news and featured heavily in debates and yet as usual not a mention of Northern Ireland!
I wonder how May will try to 'market' them to us!
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 11:52
She's got to market them to queen Elizardbeth firstCharlie wrote: Yes, its odd, Northern Ireland politics largely ignored over here unless it's something IRA related.
All through the campaign, Welsh and Scottish parties all over the news and featured heavily in debates and yet as usual not a mention of Northern Ireland!
I wonder how May will try to 'market' them to us!
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 11:52
Oh FFS even worse than I imagined. Fecking creationists?abridged wrote: https://www.theguardian.com/science/200 ... win-courts
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 11:59
Oh and Line dancing is evil (which might be true); Global warming is a fraud, the Pope is the Anti-Christ and the earth is 6,000 years old. You're going to have fun...markfiend wrote:Oh FFS even worse than I imagined. Fecking creationists?abridged wrote: https://www.theguardian.com/science/200 ... win-courts
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 12:08
Do they have relations to the William of Orange Fan Club that stuck back in 1690's ?markfiend wrote:Oh FFS even worse than I imagined. Fecking creationists?abridged wrote: https://www.theguardian.com/science/200 ... win-courts
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 12:16
I'm doing a little project on some local women who were charged with witchcraft and killed a few hundred years ago. There was talk about a sign or plaque to commemorate them. The DUP opposed it because..'.they might have been guilty'. Also they managed to 'lose' 100s of millions on a heating scheme...
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 12:56
Of witchcraft?abridged wrote:The DUP opposed it because..'.they might have been guilty'.
Bloody hell...
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 13:14
The idiocy of the brexit vote continues to play havoc across this country (meaning the whole UK, not just little England). I still look forward to a reorganisation of our politics and a new progressive pro-Europe choice. But that's my inner liberal dreamer peeking through the smog again. More chaos awaits folks
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 13:14
It doesn't look good for this heretic forum then...
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Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 13:23
Swinnow wrote:The idiocy of the brexit vote continues to play havoc across this country (meaning the whole UK, not just little England). I still look forward to a reorganisation of our politics and a new progressive pro-Europe choice. But that's my inner liberal dreamer peeking through the smog again. More chaos awaits folks
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one.
Posted: 09 Jun 2017, 13:38
Time to dig out this chestnut
