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 Hrolf The Ganger  31 Oct 19 4.33pm |
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Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow
You’ve been done an absolute kipper. You could at least get the saying right Albert. The only people being mugged off are people who believe that Labour will make everything better, which they have consistently failed to do every time they have been in government.
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| YT Oxford 31 Oct 19 4.36pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
By chance, living in Croydon central, my vote could actually matter. But throughout my adult life, living in Beckenham and Hove, my vote was always quite irrelevant. Safe tory majorities no matter what. So you think we need a hung parliament at every election then, and a permanent repeat of the last two and a half years.
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 31 Oct 19 5.06pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
You could at least get the saying right Albert. The only people being mugged off are people who believe that Labour will make everything better, which they have consistently failed to do every time they have been in government. I mean it’s probably fair to say if you think any political party will ‘make everything better’ you’re being mugged off.
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| steeleye20 Online Croydon 31 Oct 19 5.12pm |
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Originally posted by YT
So you think we need a hung parliament at every election then, and a permanent repeat of the last two and a half years. Actually yes, the government can't do as much harm to its citizens in a hung or minority parliament. As we have seen, it is forced into scrutiny of its policies and often redress of its past follies. That liberal leader, trying to get back into bed with the conservatives, has handed a free election to Johnson with a long tiresome as you were campaign. It won't even succeed for her either as obviously the tories will not be going into coalition with the libdem policy of revoking Article 50.
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 31 Oct 19 5.16pm |
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Originally posted by becky
It's amazing what people will put up with to ensure their inheritance..... just ask my godchildren! ** I'm leaving it all to the local animal shelter anyway,but don't tell them that....** I can assure you that my grandchildren all have minds of their own and are far from afraid of expressing them to me, or anyone else. We just happen to agree about Brexit but on other political matters not so much.
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| chris123 hove actually 31 Oct 19 5.20pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
By chance, living in Croydon central, my vote could actually matter. But throughout my adult life, living in Beckenham and Hove, my vote was always quite irrelevant. Safe tory majorities no matter what. Ridiculous system we need change. Hove is normally Labour isn't it?
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| Wisbech Eagle Truro Cornwall 31 Oct 19 5.33pm |
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Originally posted by susmik
Oh YES there is wissy we stay loyal to our party unlike you who switches allegiance when it suits you. It's that kind of attitude that drives me to despair. Loyalty is a praiseworthy attribute. Blind loyalty is irresponsible. If any party changes it's approach to such a degree that to continue to support it would be to compromise your principles then you have no respectable choice other than to withdraw that support. You might as well just be a machine because you are not using your brain. The Tory party have morphed into UKIP and are on the way to Brexit light. They are no longer the party I supported when the likes of Macmillan, Heath, Heseltine, Clarke etc etc played leading roles. Imagine them lurching even further away to the right and becoming more and more authoritarian, sidelining Parliament, abolishing the fixed Parliament's Act so they could extend indefinitely their grip on power. I know it's unlikely at the moment but just imagine it. Would you, and Willo, go on blindly supporting them just because you are "loyal"? Don't you worry about my children and grandchildren. They are doing just fine and very, very rarely, if ever, do we discuss politics. If we do it's because they want to and then they lead the conversation. Edited by Wisbech Eagle (31 Oct 2019 5.34pm)
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 31 Oct 19 5.35pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
Hove is normally Labour isn't it? Indeed.
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cryrst  The garden of England 31 Oct 19 5.39pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Absolutely. On that note, I now have to depart to meet up with my Tory chums for electioneering purposes! Edited by Willo (31 Oct 2019 9.40am) Early beers
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| steeleye20 Online Croydon 31 Oct 19 5.53pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Indeed. Really, I stand corrected. Shows my age, in my day it was unthinkable for it not to be conservative by a huge margin, probably been much changed since. it was like Torquay or Bournemouth.
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| cryrst The garden of England 31 Oct 19 5.53pm |
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Originally posted by DanH
So you would *still* vote for the Tories even if they made it policy that you, personally, had to suck off a different bloke every day for the rest of your life? Important that you clarify here. Umm
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| chris123 hove actually 31 Oct 19 5.55pm |
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Originally posted by YT
So you think we need a hung parliament at every election then, and a permanent repeat of the last two and a half years. Europe with largely proportional representation have this all the time. Italy as had over 60 since the war.
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