Who knows Gabbs. I'd sort of prefer no one won elections outright. We'd be better letting "strong government" go. I wonder why we expect any decent people to survive party politics.
On 19 Apr, 18:24, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > Should they bring you the majority voting system, you'd have less > reasons to not feel responsible for what is going on, mind you! > > On 19 Apr., 02:49, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > British politics has been dire since the mid-70s and everyone threw in > > the towel on alternatives to letting the banks run the country. I'm > > not sure why this happened, though it became obvious around then that > > the Soviets and Chinese had been running vile forms of state > > capitalism under cruel tyranny around then and skills were becoming > > ever more machine embodied and transplantable to wherever operating > > costs were cheapest. We have had no real politics in Britain since. > > Each election has been about "change", though none has really been > > offered and certainly none achieved, other than the breaking up of > > social solidarity and massive immigration. > > Now we have "real change" on the scene. Nick Clegg is young, pretty > > and has an even prettier partner (the very lovely Miriam). He's a > > public schoolboy and looks every inch the same as what has gone > > before, without being tarnished by being a member of either of our > > usual ruling parties. All he's done is stand up in one debate and > > look so very much better than the two absolute turd-marionettes put up > > by our main parties. I intended to vote Liberal Democrat long before > > this election run in, simply because the other parties both now have > > such a severe and vile record of sleaze. I'm worried this is a > > millennial moment. > > > One poll now shows the Liberals on 35%, Tories on 33 and Nulabour on > > 28. This would still leave the Liberals with less than half the > > number of seats of both the other parties, exposing the farcical > > nature of our electoral system. With luck we will all throw our votes > > in the air and give them a massive majority to bring in a new system > > we can actually vote for after fair debate. > > > Most millennial moments, as Obama watchers will know, are full of hot > > air that fades away. Maybe Clegg is one last hope for this sad > > country? Nulabour are evil now and nothing at all to do with the old > > Labour Party - it's as though the stoats and weasels have taken it > > over (maybe the CIA did?). The Tories are now Blue Socialists > > promising a "Big Society" with little government. They will be saying > > that 'the State will wither away' soon! Everyone except the Liberals > > is offering "no change to services" as they mutter about leading > > massive change and pretend they can mend the budget without raising > > taxes and still give their friends loads a dosh. > > > Soon the Liberals will be accused of being queer, pansies, unBritish > > and about to sell us out to Islam by abandoning our nuclear deterrent > > (the one we rent from the US - who keep failing to send us the key) > > and leaving Afghanistan. One can only hope the spin will not only > > fail, but also turn more of us against its use and the crass main > > parties. Whatever is going on it does show just how sad our system > > now is. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > ""Minds Eye"" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
