Give British People the vote

[ronmcd]

There is actually a difference between saying, the decision of the people, and saying that the Scottish people voted for something.
Both are misleading, but the second is pretty much a lie.
Just because people use it all the time, that doesn't change the fact. People use the second phrase when the result was what they wanted.

If 35% voted for something, it's a lie to say "the scottish people" voted for it.
"a majority" is honest. "the scottish people" is not.

Hmm, I think you are trying very hard to create nuance where none exists.

[mistermack]

There is actually a difference between saying, the decision of the people, and saying that the Scottish people voted for something.
Both are misleading, but the second is pretty much a lie.
Just because people use it all the time, that doesn't change the fact. People use the second phrase when the result was what they wanted.

If 35% voted for something, it's a lie to say "the scottish people" voted for it.
"a majority" is honest. "the scottish people" is not.

I didn't vote for Cameron or the Liberals. I don't like it being implied that I did.

I wasnt implying you did, if my post suggested that it wasn't intended. I said "The last one which you agreed with perhaps?". I wasnt suggesting that was the 2010 election, but the last result you agreed with.

Sorry, I didn't actually mean your post, when I wrote that.
I was just saying that if someone says that the UK people voted for the coalition, I don't like them including me in that.

[Coito ergo sum]

Free Scotland!

End the Occupation!

[ronmcd]

There is actually a difference between saying, the decision of the people, and saying that the Scottish people voted for something.
Both are misleading, but the second is pretty much a lie.
Just because people use it all the time, that doesn't change the fact. People use the second phrase when the result was what they wanted.

If 35% voted for something, it's a lie to say "the scottish people" voted for it.
"a majority" is honest. "the scottish people" is not.

I didn't vote for Cameron or the Liberals. I don't like it being implied that I did.

I wasnt implying you did, if my post suggested that it wasn't intended. I said "The last one which you agreed with perhaps?". I wasnt suggesting that was the 2010 election, but the last result you agreed with.

Sorry, I didn't actually mean your post, when I wrote that.
I was just saying that if someone says that the UK people voted for the coalition, I don't like them including me in that.

Oh okay, well I agree with you on that!

[Clinton Huxley]

Free Scotland!

End the Occupation!

American Troops out of Blighty! End the Occupation!

[Coito ergo sum]

Free Scotland!

End the Occupation!

American Troops out of Blighty! End the Occupation!

Your national economy would collapse. We like you too much to do that to you English types.

[Clinton Huxley]

Free Scotland!

End the Occupation!

American Troops out of Blighty! End the Occupation!

Your national economy would collapse. We like you too much to do that to you English types.

We could sell the defunct Yankee bases to Tescos and I wouldn't have to tweet subversive messages every time I drove near Menwith Hill

[Audley Strange]

Yet somehow I think you still would.

[Coito ergo sum]

Free Scotland!

End the Occupation!

American Troops out of Blighty! End the Occupation!

Your national economy would collapse. We like you too much to do that to you English types.

We could sell the defunct Yankee bases to Tescos and I wouldn't have to tweet subversive messages every time I drove near Menwith Hill

Don't you have some African colonies to exploit? If you stole some more resources from indigenous peoples, then you'd be back to better shape. Or, you could sell the Elgin Marbles and Egyptian relics on Ebay and make an extra buck.

[Clinton Huxley]

The US should put in a proper offer for Diego Garcia...

[Coito ergo sum]

We're renting, with an option to buy.

[MrJonno]

Don't you have some African colonies to exploit?

It's easier to sub-contract that to the Chinese these days

[Tyrannical]

Don't you have some African colonies to exploit?

It's easier to sub-contract that to the Chinese these days

The funny thing is the Chinese bring in their own labor,

[MrJonno]

Don't you have some African colonies to exploit?

It's easier to sub-contract that to the Chinese these days

The funny thing is the Chinese bring in their own labor,

I was actually thinking its the Chinese who 'exploit' Africa these days