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View Superfly's Profile Superfly Flag The sun always shines in Catford 25 Feb 15 9.34am Send a Private Message to Superfly Add Superfly as a friend

Quote DanH at 25 Feb 2015 9.09am

Quote The Sash at 25 Feb 2015 8.12am

This is turning into a bizarre games of 'African Friends' Top Trumps...I like it.


dannyh once got bummed by a Nigerian - does that count?


What you on about??

Once! Ha

 


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Hoof Hearted 25 Feb 15 10.48am

Quote Seth at 24 Feb 2015 5.46pm

I'm not going to pay much attention to the HOL's resident eye-swivellers, who will of course jump at the chance to have a pop at the Greens.

Having said that, there's no getting away from the fact that the LBC interview was a cringe-inducing car crash of titanic proportions, and confirms my view that Caroline Lucas would've been a far better choice as leader than Natalie Bennett.


Swampy off his t1ts on skunk would be a better spokesman/leader.

Good to see that continual reminders of how frail minor parties like the Greens are hasn't deterred or diminished your support in the same way UKIP's continual media battering doesn't deter me!

Right on brother........

 

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View Seth's Profile Seth Flag On a pale blue dot 25 Feb 15 12.21pm Send a Private Message to Seth Add Seth as a friend

Quote Hoof Hearted at 25 Feb 2015 10.48am

Quote Seth at 24 Feb 2015 5.46pm

I'm not going to pay much attention to the HOL's resident eye-swivellers, who will of course jump at the chance to have a pop at the Greens.

Having said that, there's no getting away from the fact that the LBC interview was a cringe-inducing car crash of titanic proportions, and confirms my view that Caroline Lucas would've been a far better choice as leader than Natalie Bennett.


Swampy off his t1ts on skunk would be a better spokesman/leader.

Good to see that continual reminders of how frail minor parties like the Greens are hasn't deterred or diminished your support in the same way UKIP's continual media battering doesn't deter me!

Right on brother........


It's all a media conspiracy against the anti-establishment party which is threatening the status quo and we won't be derailed by the constant media and establishment attacks on the mavericks etc etc.......

Is that ok Hoof?

 


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View npn's Profile npn Flag Crowborough 25 Feb 15 12.43pm Send a Private Message to npn Add npn as a friend

Make manifesto pledges legally binding (no, I have no idea how that would work).

At the moment, there's nothing to stop me creating the npn party, promising hot and cold running hookers for all, with a 7 figure salary, no tax, world leading public services, free transport, and a daily cupcake to make everyone feel better. The fact that I couldn't actually deliver any of it and it would all be completely unfunded is neither here nor there.

They all do it "we'll do this, that, and the other" and then they do none of it, or change it beyond all recognition and claim that's what they meant all along and we just misunderstood. It's all a load of smoke and mirrors to get and/or retain power, and just one big confidence trick. Although it seems that nobody has any confidence in any of them any more!

I think she may have single handedly scuppered the Greens' chances of being taken seriously with that one interview, and all the coverage it got (which is a shame, as at least they bring something a little different to the party whether you agree with them or not).

Party politics is all b0llocks anyway - your local MP is frankly irrelevant as he is told which way to vote on all the important issues. I'd rather 600 completely independant MPs, with their own thoughts and ideas, and voting as they see fit on all issues. You then vote for the local candidate with the best match to your own opinions on the issues that concern you. Of course the down side is that nothing would ever get done. Ever.

 

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View The Sash's Profile The Sash Flag Now residing in Epsom - How Posh 25 Feb 15 4.03pm Send a Private Message to The Sash Add The Sash as a friend

Quote npn at 25 Feb 2015 12.43pm

Make manifesto pledges legally binding (no, I have no idea how that would work).

At the moment, there's nothing to stop me creating the npn party, promising hot and cold running hookers for all, with a 7 figure salary, no tax, world leading public services, free transport, and a daily cupcake to make everyone feel better. The fact that I couldn't actually deliver any of it and it would all be completely unfunded is neither here nor there.

They all do it "we'll do this, that, and the other" and then they do none of it, or change it beyond all recognition and claim that's what they meant all along and we just misunderstood. It's all a load of smoke and mirrors to get and/or retain power, and just one big confidence trick. Although it seems that nobody has any confidence in any of them any more!

I think she may have single handedly scuppered the Greens' chances of being taken seriously with that one interview, and all the coverage it got (which is a shame, as at least they bring something a little different to the party whether you agree with them or not).

Party politics is all b0llocks anyway - your local MP is frankly irrelevant as he is told which way to vote on all the important issues. I'd rather 600 completely independant MPs, with their own thoughts and ideas, and voting as they see fit on all issues. You then vote for the local candidate with the best match to your own opinions on the issues that concern you. Of course the down side is that nothing would ever get done. Ever.


The cupcake I am ambivalent on - the rest I am up for.

You can count on my support.

Where do you stand on hanging for anyone who is found guilty of being Piers Morgan ???

 


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Hoof Hearted 25 Feb 15 4.07pm

Quote Seth at 25 Feb 2015 12.21pm

Quote Hoof Hearted at 25 Feb 2015 10.48am

Quote Seth at 24 Feb 2015 5.46pm

I'm not going to pay much attention to the HOL's resident eye-swivellers, who will of course jump at the chance to have a pop at the Greens.

Having said that, there's no getting away from the fact that the LBC interview was a cringe-inducing car crash of titanic proportions, and confirms my view that Caroline Lucas would've been a far better choice as leader than Natalie Bennett.


Swampy off his t1ts on skunk would be a better spokesman/leader.

Good to see that continual reminders of how frail minor parties like the Greens are hasn't deterred or diminished your support in the same way UKIP's continual media battering doesn't deter me!

Right on brother........


It's all a media conspiracy against the anti-establishment party which is threatening the status quo and we won't be derailed by the constant media and establishment attacks on the mavericks etc etc.......

Is that ok Hoof?


Fantastic.... we could form an alliance.. the Green Ukippers!

 

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Quote npn at 25 Feb 2015 12.43pm

Party politics is all b0llocks anyway - your local MP is frankly irrelevant as he is told which way to vote on all the important issues. I'd rather 600 completely independant MPs, with their own thoughts and ideas, and voting as they see fit on all issues. You then vote for the local candidate with the best match to your own opinions on the issues that concern you. Of course the down side is that nothing would ever get done. Ever.

That's kind of the whole point of *representative* democracy (as opposed to just having everything decided by referendum). It's also, supposedly, the one good thing about the FPTP system.

That is, go to a hustings, check out what the peeps have to say, and vote for the person rather than the party. The party is then a secondary thing, a necessary evil to get votes through parliament.

At least that's how it's supposed to work.

But since Blair - well, Thatcher started it actually, he just perfected it - most voters want to vote for "the leader". And - even more worryingly - they increasingly want parliament to be "representative" as in it should be demographically the same as the country. Which is just insane. OBVIOUSLY it attracts more lawyers than dustbinmen, It's a legislative body!

Anyway, I'm rambling. Basically, I agree with you. And we actually have the structures in place for it to work well. The problem is the lazy voters who vote on some vague basis that Cameron is more "statesmanlike" (whatever the f*ck that means) than Miliband and don't even KNOW who their local MP is!

They should whack the voting age back up to about 30 and bring back property qualifications. I'd let women keep the vote though.

 


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imbored Flag UK 25 Feb 15 7.21pm

Quote The Sash at 25 Feb 2015 9.29am

Quote DanH at 25 Feb 2015 9.09am

Quote The Sash at 25 Feb 2015 8.12am

This is turning into a bizarre games of 'African Friends' Top Trumps...I like it.


dannyh once got bummed by a Nigerian - does that count?

Best card in the HOL Top Trumps Pack....

African Friends 8
Gay Friends 15
Homosexual Experiences 15
Inter Racial Homosexual Experiences 1
Cock Length 3 inches
Teenage Filipino 'Houseboys' employed 3


Haha, priceless.

 

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 25 Feb 15 7.27pm

Does Idi Amin trump FW DeKlerk?

 

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Quote nickgusset at 25 Feb 2015 7.27pm

Does Idi Amin trump FW DeKlerk?

Well lets see

Idi Amin

People eaten 32
People tortured 245,000
People 'disappeared' 500,000
Asians ethnically cleansed and forced to leave the country 60,000
Ugandan Heavyweight Championship fights won 78
Ugandan Heavyweight Championship fights lost 0


I don't think FW can come close.

 


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Quote Johnny Eagles at 25 Feb 2015 4.09pm

Quote npn at 25 Feb 2015 12.43pm

Party politics is all b0llocks anyway - your local MP is frankly irrelevant as he is told which way to vote on all the important issues. I'd rather 600 completely independant MPs, with their own thoughts and ideas, and voting as they see fit on all issues. You then vote for the local candidate with the best match to your own opinions on the issues that concern you. Of course the down side is that nothing would ever get done. Ever.

That's kind of the whole point of *representative* democracy (as opposed to just having everything decided by referendum). It's also, supposedly, the one good thing about the FPTP system.

That is, go to a hustings, check out what the peeps have to say, and vote for the person rather than the party. The party is then a secondary thing, a necessary evil to get votes through parliament.

At least that's how it's supposed to work.

But since Blair - well, Thatcher started it actually, he just perfected it - most voters want to vote for "the leader". And - even more worryingly - they increasingly want parliament to be "representative" as in it should be demographically the same as the country. Which is just insane. OBVIOUSLY it attracts more lawyers than dustbinmen, It's a legislative body!

Anyway, I'm rambling. Basically, I agree with you. And we actually have the structures in place for it to work well. The problem is the lazy voters who vote on some vague basis that Cameron is more "statesmanlike" (whatever the f*ck that means) than Miliband and don't even KNOW who their local MP is!

They should whack the voting age back up to about 30 and bring back property qualifications. I'd let women keep the vote though.


What, ALL of them? Even the hormonal ones?
Anarchist!

 

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Green Party leaders boyfriend shows what a nice bunch the Green's are:

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