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Thread: UK General Election 2010
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16th April 2010, 15:59 #101
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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
As I have said before, the wonderful democratising nature of the internet in particular seems to have given a lot of people with very little knowledge on certain subjects the idea that their views on said matters are suddenly of equal value to those of individuals who are genuinely knowledgeable. This is blatantly not the case.
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16th April 2010, 16:00 #102
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Originally Posted by Mark
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16th April 2010, 16:29 #103
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Originally Posted by BDunnell
"I loved Margaret Thatcher because she was for working class people."
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16th April 2010, 16:33 #104
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Originally Posted by BeansBeansBeansTazio 14/3/2015: I'll give every member on this forum 1,000.00 USD if McLaren fails to podium this season!
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16th April 2010, 16:40 #105
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We used to have a rhyme about Maggie in primary school:
Here's Maggie Thatcher (picture of stick man drawn on thumb)
flick her up and catch her (picture of stick man drawn on palm)
squish-squash-squish-squash (rub palms together)
there's Maggie Thatcher (scribble drawn on opposite palm)
Completely irrelevant and nowt to do with politics, we just found it funny at the time :P
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16th April 2010, 21:25 #106
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Originally Posted by BDunnell
We know we are going to grow a political class. Most of the time, they are lawyers, because it is lawyers have the money and ability to debate and be that far out there. We all know as the electorate that the people we elect should be smart and educated. We also know that the smart and educated people have run deficits, driven the ship of state in to the ditch, and mismanaged the nation's finances. IN short, politicians for all their "wisdom" and education can still be screw ups. So the last thing they should ever be is smug or look down on the common man who in theory is paying his salary."Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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19th April 2010, 13:38 #107
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[quote="Mark"]Yep, precisely! So who are you going to get on such panels?
Well, we could do alot worse than sojourn a lot of business people, large and small, from the private sector. People who know how to plan and stick to a budget. Too many politicians have an alarming lack of real world experience.
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23rd April 2010, 23:40 #108
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I thoroughly enjoyed a Paxman interview with Cameron today, shown on BBC World News. There's something very pleasing in the style of British political discourse. There's real confrontation. Intelligent discussion. Verbal competence. Great to follow as an outsider who doesn't have to live with the actual consequences of the election, at least not directly.
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25th April 2010, 03:36 #109
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I read online on a news service (through a FB news link...cant remember the original source) that they are calling for Cameron to win a minority government. I don't know if that is a good thing or not for some of you, but it seems to be the UK's fate. Now that the Liberal Democrats have a sizable chunk of the polls, I figure a minority will be the fate of the UK...
"Water for my horses, beer for my men and mud for my turtle".
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25th April 2010, 14:39 #110
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Clegg says he won't work with Brown if there's a hung parliament, even though the incumbent PM stays in the job by default.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politi...10/8642447.stm
Also, the voting system is massively skewed in favour of Labour. On the current share of the vote - Con 34%, Lab 28%, LD 29% - Labour would still be the biggest party. Conservatives need 40% for a majority:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politi...10/8609989.stm
Mikkelsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpe6ipk1NKU
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