The UK election thread

[leo-rcc]

There education policy looks a little thin so far. Looks like I'm out of a job. Fine by me!

It looks like there education policy was a little thin when you were at school, too.

[PsychoSerenity]

There education policy looks a little thin so far. Looks like I'm out of a job. Fine by me!

That would be a bit disappointing. Education is pretty damn important.

I still haven't been able to find a video of Professor Brian Cox when he was on the alternative election night. He gave a wonderful discussion about the things we should be worrying about rather than all these political policies. I found a transcript of the final point though, and it seems accurate as far as I remember.

Jimmy Carr: We’ve have super volcanoes, we’ve had asteroids, we’ve had stars exploding … So the number one thing we need to be worried about?

Brian Cox: I think our own stupidity, without doubt. I genuinely think that. … I did my programme, you know, The Wonders of the Solar System; I said “astrology is rubbish” on that programme, and we got an almost record number of complaints from stupid people. … We do not bother studying nature.

Jimmy Carr: Is any political party saying, “We should put more into this, and we should be leading the world?”

Brian Cox: Do you know why I’m miserable tonight? The Lib Dems were the standard bearers for investment in science, and nobody appears to have voted for them, which backs up my initial feeling that stupidity will kill us.

[Rum]

I am sooooo

Write 100 times 'THEIR'...

[klr]

I am sooooo

Write 100 times 'THEIR'...

Ah, the things that escape a humble spelling checker. Now, a grammar checker ...

But don't worry - it could have happened to a bishop ...

[Horwood Beer-Master]

...ok ok whatever YOU sort the mess out...

I can't, I'm not in power.

Bit of a stupid thing to say really.

...fucking labour made by using all the pension funds .. people's pension funds,...

Yeah, like that's not the kind of thing the Tories would have done in their place.

By the way, lot's of private sector pension funds have disappeared in recent years as well. Which party do you suppose the MD's of the companies concerned most likely support?

...So many people are so fucking blinded by political bias it is as bad as those who support the damn Pope...

I have no bias, I actively support none of the current political parties.

I do however have views on what are good-or-bad policies, and while Labours economic policies may not be good, the Tories economic policies most certainly are bad (as the inevitable double-dip recession, if those policies are pushed though in full, will prove).

...I expect you'd kiss Brown's arse if he were shafting a choir boy...

I expect you'd go out and find a choir boy for Cameron to shaft if he asked you to.

See? Two can play at this game.

...If you expect the tories to do so badly then fuck off to another country it's simple really...

So people who don't agree with a country's government have no right to live there? Where are we - China? This is still my country too, and it will take more than some ludicrous, pasty-faced, duplicitous Etonian cunt to force me out.

Anyway, try turning your argument around. If you thought Labour were doing so badly then why didn't you 'simply' fuck off to another country?

...But seeing as we have a new government in place I plan to support it as I did Labour when they came into power in '97...

So your view is "support whoever's in charge, even if you don't agree with them"? Well tough, that just ain't the way I roll. I didn't do it for Labour, and I sure-as-fuck won't do it for the Tories.

...because whining and moaning about it while sitting on your arse doing fucking nothing is worse than what any government has done EVER...

Oh that's right. I'm worse than Hitler.

Anyway, if whining and moaning while sitting on your arse doing fucking nothing is so bad, then perhaps you'd like to explain what sucking-up to the powers-that-be while sitting on your arse doing fucking nothing is supposed to achieve?

[ficklefiend]

"The Quiet Revolution"

That's what I'm calling this parliament. You heard it from me first. Don't you forget it.

A nice, quiet, orderly revolution, with regular tea-breaks and perhaps a Kit-Kat?

I can sign up for that.

I like it. No sense in tiring yourself out, doing it all in a rush. And a guillotine is such a nuisance to keep sharp once the blood starts to dry on it.

[beige]

"The Quiet Revolution"

That's what I'm calling this parliament. You heard it from me first. Don't you forget it.

A nice, quiet, orderly revolution, with regular tea-breaks and perhaps a Kit-Kat?

I can sign up for that.

I like it. No sense in tiring yourself out, doing it all in a rush. And a guillotine is such a nuisance to keep sharp once the blood starts to dry on it.

Can't we just throw it on a landfill and buy a new one when it gets dirty?

Cleaning is icky.

[Feck]

ID Cards have gone. http://news.uk.msn.com/politics/general ... =153363945

Good. I already have a d/licence and a passport. And as for biometric data, I carry my fingers and eyes with me where ever I go.

They were planning to use left pinky print on the cards weren't they .

[ficklefiend]

I... ugh... it's... 0___0.....whaaaa



Fuck it, have another drink and hope it all works out.

[klr]

I... ugh... it's... 0___0.....whaaaa



Fuck it, have another drink and hope it all works out.

William Hague actually seems like a nice enough chap, until he starts to talk about foreign policy, when he heads very quickly towards condescending smarmville. He seems to have all the qualities required of a Tory foreign secretary.

[RuleBritannia]

Got a couple problems with the cabinet.

The deepest recession in 70 years and a massive public debt, George Osborne, who has a degree in history, is in charge of the economy. Meanwhile Dr. Vince Cable, who has a PhD in economics, is in charge of business innovation or something.

Theresa May, who voted gainst adoption for unmarried and gay couples, the repeal of Section 28 (which outlawed the promotion or teaching of homosexuality), a 100% elected House of Lords, second reading of the government's higher education bill (which included plans for variable student tuition fees), amendment to require faith schools to take 25% of pupils from other backgrounds and lowering the age of consent for gay sex to 16, will, naturally, be Minister for Equality.

With an amazing 25 to 4, men, make up 86% of the cabinet.

96% of the cabinet is white, only one person isn't, Baroness Warsi, who is a "Minister without Portfolio", so doesn't even head a department.

MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN, MEET YOUR MASTERS

[Horwood Beer-Master]

...96% of the cabinet is white, only one person isn't, Baroness Warsi, who is a "Minister without Portfolio", so doesn't even head a department...

A small quibble - IDS is one-eighth Japanese.


I suppose that makes him the Secletaly of State for Wolk and Pensions. (Sorry)

[klr]

...96% of the cabinet is white, only one person isn't, Baroness Warsi, who is a "Minister without Portfolio", so doesn't even head a department...

A small quibble - IDS is one-eighth Japanese.


I suppose that makes him the Secletaly of State for Wolk and Pensions. (Sorry)

So if he ever has to do the decent thing, can he be expected to do it in time-honoured Japanese fashion?

[Pappa]

Theresa May, who voted gainst adoption for unmarried and gay couples, the repeal of Section 28 (which outlawed the promotion or teaching of homosexuality), a 100% elected House of Lords, second reading of the government's higher education bill (which included plans for variable student tuition fees), amendment to require faith schools to take 25% of pupils from other backgrounds and lowering the age of consent for gay sex to 16, will, naturally, be Minister for Equality.

Ministry of Truth anyone?

[Deep Sea Isopod]

...96% of the cabinet is white, only one person isn't, Baroness Warsi, who is a "Minister without Portfolio", so doesn't even head a department...

A small quibble - IDS is one-eighth Japanese.

Am I?