The 2005 general election is nearly upon us. Which way will you vote, and you reasons why. Here is a brief list of the potential contestants, please add your own.


More tax!
Less tax!
Dont know!
Death to all infidels!
Who gives a shit?

The great pretender.

Maxk
I'm surprised that you buy the Gullible!
Numbers alone will point up the impossibility of being able to take the worlds unwanted. Just one percent of Indias' would be 10 million.
It has nothing to do with race. I would not like 10 million Ozzies or Yanks or Canucks or Germans or French or Nips or Argies. Common sense really.

Amities/ D'accord completement ..

Morning all.


stanber, the daily worker is an excellent read, they dislike fony just as much as we do.




Fony telling people how it is, and what they can do with thier opinions!

FrenchConnection.

You still in blighty or back in la belle france?

hi kshammas I completly agree with // after all //not so long ago///people die/// to give the right for common working class to vote

Conservatives will win next election: Official

Popular newspaper's support confirms the inevitable

by Chris Miller

Political experts are predicting a huge victory for the Conservative party at the next general election after leading newspaper the Daily Express took paedophile asylum seekers off its front page for the first time in eight months last Thursday and used the space to declare its support for the Tories.

The paper, owned by talented pornographer and all-round nice guy Richard Desmond, is known to wield huge influence both in media circles and across British society as a whole. Accordingly, this editorial policy is certain to have a significant effect on the next election.

"Its inevitable that the Express readers will be drawn towards the Conservative party when voting time comes around, said Professor Anthony King of the University of Essex, the leading authority on British politics who is never off the telly. How many readers does it have? Im not sure exactly, but I know its lots and lots. Enough to cause a decisive swing, Id say. Definitely."

Media experts have also commented on the Expresss declaration.

Everyone knows that, where the Daily Express leads, all other newspapers follow, said Dan Woodall, a lecturer in media studies at the University of East London. "It cant be long before the Daily Mail and the Sun back the Tories as well. Maybe even the Telegraph. This is really going to shake things up."

Woodall pointed out that many Express readers are in the influential over-70 age bracket as well. "If the paper can convince even those readers start voting Tory who knows?" he said. "We could be looking at the biggest landslide in history."

Leader of the Conservatives Michael Howard expressed his jubilation at the news.

"This is great for us," he said, pausing momentarily from nailing a peasant's hat to his head. "It could signal a repeat of the elections under Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s when, as the popular catchphrase had it, 'It was the Express wot won it'. Now if you'll excuse me, Ive got to go and make a speech complaining about levels of Romanian immigration in South Wales."

lol !

He`s tough,ruthless & hates spin.Howard is the man to lead britain,

Instead of charm he is offering ronseal politics,triumph of substance over style,,and so say the daily express!!

He does have the speech ,, but does he have the policies.

Special report: election 2005

New fears over postal vote fraud

System nears crisis point as main parties are told to stop interfering

Hugh Muir, Sandra Laville and Audrey Gillan
Wednesday April 13, 2005
The Guardian
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/election/story/0,15803,1458341,00.html

The three main political parties were yesterday urged to withdraw from active participation in the postal-voting system amid fears that public confidence in the process has reached crisis point.

Returning officers and officials from the Electoral Reform Society have called on Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to place strict curbs on their activists to ensure there is minimum party intervention in voting procedures. They have reiterated that, except in very limited circumstances, there should be "no third party intervention".


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However, the Guardian has established that party officials and candidates are still seeking to involve themselves in the process of applying for postal votes by sending forms direct to electors and asking them to complete and return them to their offices.
The practice is not illegal but, in the light of the scandal in Birmingham - where a judge found rogue Labour activists and candidates tampered with forms - it is now heavily frowned upon.

In the wake of the Birmingham case, in which Richard Mawrey QC found the postal-voting system was "wide open to fraud", guidelines were issued to political parties by the Electoral Commission and the Association of Chief Police Officers, warning them to steer clear of involvement in postal voting.

"Because of the risks of suspicions that the application may be altered and the risk of the application form being delayed or lost in transit, the local electoral registration officer's address should be the preferred address given for the return of application forms," the guidelines said.

But some candidates are flouting this advice. In a personal letter to voters in east London this week, the Labour MP Oona King told them to fill out the enclosed application form "and return it to me at the address shown", adding: "Then you can vote from the comfort of your own home."

Challenged yesterday by her opponent, the Respect candidate George Galloway, who accused her of "corruption of the democratic process", Ms King's office said: "It has always been the case [that we ask voters to send application forms to us] and it has been for around 10 years. We have a strict code of conduct."

In Brent East, the Liberal Democrat Sarah Teather sent voters an application form and urged them to "return the form to the Liberal Democrats using the envelope enclosed".

Her election agent, Chris Leaman, said the party was acting within Electoral Commission guidelines.

But returning officers expressed frustration yesterday that parties were still getting involved in postal voting. Peter Woodward, electoral services officer at Cardiff city council, said Labour and the Conservatives were culpable. "We have had electors talking to us saying that they were not happy with the way this was being done, they felt political parties were pushing them. There is a suggestion from some residents that they have been not exactly pressurised but heavily encouraged into applying for a postal vote and sending it through the party involved. We are not happy about it."

In Newham, east London, Mary Bradley, acting returning officer, said: "I think it would be more wise for political parties to stay completely clear of the postal-voting system in view of what has happened recently."

Experts believe that up to 6 million of the 44 million votes likely to be cast on May 5 will be postal votes and, in key marginal constituencies, they could be decisive.

The warnings came as the scale of alleged electoral fraud in the UK emerged. A survey by the Crown Prosecution Service, released to the Guardian, revealed there were 39 ongoing investigations into fraud, including cases where criminal charges have been made and those where lawyers were examining police reports.

In addition, police forces in Woking, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Bradford and Burnley were investigating claims of postal-voting fraud.

Police in Birmingham were told yesterday to start a new criminal investigation into the six Labour councillors who were found guilty of "massive, widespread organised" postal-voting fraud at last June's local elections. A CPS spokesman said prosecution lawyers had asked police to investigate "with urgency".

Election officers said they were anxious to re-build confidence. One senior returning officer said voters had contacted his office seeking to relinquish their postal votes and regain their right to vote at a polling station.

Malcolm Dumper, of the Association of Electoral Administrators, said: "We have had an electoral system in place for more than a century built on trust and we now find ourselves in a position of being ridiculed in other countries because our process is flawed. Any third-party intervention should be removed."

The face of Micheal Howard when hes lost the general election.........



cheers GF

That is tony with the BLOOD OF OUR TROOPS displayed.

Liberals are very confident we all will be willing to pay MORE tax!! Local income tax sounds very much like the dreaded poll tax to me and we all know the result of that--riots in Trafalgar Square!! Tories sounding better and better to me.

It's probably going to be many years before the Conservative Party get into power again. From where I sit they look a pretty forlorn and aging bunch with any half decent potential leaders (Clarke for instance) sidelined by the Thatcherites. That's not healthy for a democracy but it seems it's the way things are. I'd imagine any young, slightly right wing politician with ambition will probably join the New Labour party if they want to get on. Sad really, I'd much prefer to return to a proper Labour / Tory choice myself.

Good ol gordon states that he will not put up income tax or vat. So what is he going to put up? Council taxes have benn rising at a far faster rate than inflation, mostly on the back of central gov cutbacks.

Whats the betting? NI perhaps??

George Galloway causing trouble again..he he!

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1461669,00.html

Swan kebab: The sickening truth

Immigrant savages decimate our beloved British fauna
by Lester Haines Daily Express Political Reporter

The news that asylum seekers have been abducting her Imperial Majestyness Liz II's swans and preparing them for human consumption in some kind of depraved barbecue ritual will send an icy chill to the very heart of any right-minded Englishman.

It appears that the 10,000 per week in cash, luxury Docklands flat and free MPV each and every immigrant receives upon arrival in the UK is insufficient to satisfy their desire to strip this country of everything which is not nailed down wildfowl included.

These are the sobering facts behind the rape of our countryside:

Each week Albanian paedophiles trap more than 1,000,000 sparrows in nets, to be sold on by Russian "handlers" to Afghani refugees. Although the consumption of sparrows is strictly forbidden in Afghanistan, experts believe that these "customers" acquired a taste for them while hanging around in French bistros waiting for an opportunity to sneak through the Channel Tunnel. The sparrows are force-fed calvados and snails until plump enough to be swallowed live by cackling ragheads.

Experts predict that the much-loved badger will be extinct in this country by 2006. The cuddly black-and-white creature has been targeted because Chinese sweatshop workers believe its penis to have magical powers rendering the user immune to deportation. Furthermore, doctors fear that the Triad gangs behind the carnage may pass on deadly TB to cattle and, terrifyingly, defenceless kiddies. Farmers are reported to be "livid" at the destruction of their traditional countryside friend. EU compensation for the emotional distress could run into billions of euros.

Every year thousands of foxes die in agony after pursuit by men on horses and packs of dogs. Sickeningly, the animal is not even eaten, but is rather considered "sport". Page seven of the Daily Mail recently described this practice as "the most filthy example of inhumanity we can imagine", while pages nine and ten featured a graphic of John Bull in hunting pink astride a magnificent steed under the headline: "Is this the last bastion of Englishness against the sewage-laden tsunami of immigrant so-called 'culture'?". A good question.

And that should be an end to the matter. There is, however, another school of thought which believes that, rather than curbing foreigners' insatiable appetite for any animal they can lay their sweaty hands on regardless of how photogenic it may be they should be encouraged to rid Britain of some of its more thorny zoological headaches.

Indeed, the government has prepared a colourful recipe booklet in 281 languages, showing how troublesome species could be put to culinary use. As one government minister put it: "If we can get these Johnnys off the swan and onto the rat, we'd have an effective vermin control programme coupled to massive savings for the taxpayers."

We at The Rockall Times asked our cookery correspondent Delia Rhodes to try out some of the booklet's suggestions. She declared herself impressed, and here are a few of her favourites. Most of the ingredients are available either in the wild or from a landfill site. Some of the items may require a trip to the supermarket, and one is available only in an upmarket Italian deli in Notting Hill. If you do not live in Notting Hill, or near a supermarket, or indeed a landfill site, simply substitute Sunny D according to taste.

Rat Pie of Merrie Olde England
Ingredients:

Rats
Shortcrust pastry*
Oysters*
Stout*
Organic hand-reared shallots*
1 free-range ostrich egg*
Thigh-rubbed Iranian black pepper*
(*Optional)
Method: Take rats, oysters, chopped shallots and season well with black pepper. Marinate overnight in stout, then gently wrap in shortcrust pastry envelope. Glaze pastry with yolk of ostrich egg and bake for 90 minutes at gas mark 4. Serves an entire reception centre for three weeks.

Delia says: Young, tender rats are the best. Older examples may require extra time in the marinade. Be sure to clean the urinary tract fully to prevent contracting Weil's disease. Wash down with a cheeky Romanian Merlot. Delicious.

Squirrel Scallopine
Ingredients:

4 Grey squirrel escalopes*
Seasoned Patagonian rough-crushed wholemeal flour
2oz "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!"
8oz Alsace truffelized button morels, trimmed and sliced
1 tin supermarket-brand strong lager
(*Not the red variety, for God's sake)
Method: Beat the escalopes flat. Dip in flour and fry in a large griddle pan using the "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!". When escalopes are brown on both sides, lower the heat and add the mushrooms. Cook for 1.3 seconds, then add the lager. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Serve on a bed of bee-tickled Bengali crescent rice, flavoured with Uzbekistan extra-virgin saffron heads.

Delia says: Terrific. Enjoy the subtle chicken-like flavour and texture of the squirrel, while complimenting yourself that there is one less tree rat in the world. The tail makes a handy duster, too.

Tortilla Argentina
Ingredients:

Cardboard box
Method: Cut 12-inch diameter circles from cardboard box. Bake in clay oven for ten minutes. Serve. A great fun snack for kids.

Delia says: Can be tough unless pre-soaked overnight in llama spittle. Good as a packed lunch for beggars, though.

Henman Surprise
Ingredients:

One second-rate British tennis player
Method: Tie tennis player to table. Slice open abdomen and extract talent with a pair of tweezers (Note: This can be notoriously difficult to find, so have patience.) Once extracted, place talent immediately on very, very small wheat cracker and eat. Throw remains of tennis player into ditch.

Delia says: I must say I found this tasteless and insubstantial and was left with a feeling of emptiness and disappointment. A glass of Pimms and some strawberries and cream soon cheered me up, though. And the surprise? No more simpering temp secretaries with Union Jacks tattooed on their ar$es shouting "Come on Tim!" for two weeks next June. I believe this is what's called a "right result".

Next week
Laughing immigrants steal decorated war hero's replacement hip joint while he sleeps, then exchange it on Russian black market for sickening paedophile porn

Open government....lol !


Blair defies records demand

David Leigh and Rob Evans
Tuesday April 19, 2005
The Guardian

Records of the prime minister's dealings with a controversial Labour donor, the millionaire businessman Paul Drayson, should be released in the public interest, the independent parliamentary watchdog has ruled. But Downing Street has refused to comply, and claims other documents have been shredded.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foi/story/0,9061,1462770,00.html

The immigrants have also been witnessed catching and taking fish from Canals, Rivers and lakes etc. Free grub.

Now't wrong wi a nice trout from't upper Swale. However a two ounce roach from the Leeds Liverpool canal's a different kettle of fish ;-)

Are people really this disintersted in the election?



Lowest turnout ever?