goldfinger
- 09 Jun 2005 12:25
Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).
Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.
cheers GF.
goldfinger
- 15 May 2014 10:48
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Haystack
- 15 May 2014 10:55
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Which month will it be when gf admits that the Conservative will probably win the GE? Will he wait until the actual week of the election or change his view months earlier? He likes to be on the winning side so he will have to jump ship at some point.
cynic
- 15 May 2014 11:02
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you may be convinced, but no one else is
that said, sticky and fossy are still in denial that the uk economy is recovering strongly, while even their party leaders confirm that that is so - though it must stick in their craw
Haystack
- 15 May 2014 11:21
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I am not convinced. I meant would gf finally admit that they would win even if the Conservatives were way ahead in the polls.
cynic
- 15 May 2014 11:56
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you mean like neil kinnock was? :-)
Haystack
- 15 May 2014 12:11
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There is always that. However Miliband is Kinnock's equivalent..
hilary
- 15 May 2014 12:14
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Of course the Conservatives will win the general election, it's just a matter of debate as to whether they'll get an overall majority. The UKIP vote in the European elections is nothing more than a protest because the public have a right to a referendum and there'll be hell to pay if they don't get one.
When it comes to the general election, however, Millibland is an unelectable accident waiting to happen, and the Tories will UKIP-ise their own policies in the run-up to the election whilst, at the same, smear and discredit UKIP as a bunch of racists and bigots. UKIP will end up getting the Labour vote, and the Tories will ignore UKIP and return to vote Tory because they know damn well that UKIP won't get any seats and they'll be too scared of letting Labour in through the back door. With some luck, Scotland will leave the union and that will pave the way for overall Conservative majorities for the next 50 years once the red jocks no longer have any say.
cynic
- 15 May 2014 12:16
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your very brave .... hope you're wearing armour like jean d'arc, but equally that you do not find yourself being burnt at the stake :-)
Haystack
- 15 May 2014 12:16
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Tell it like it is!!!!
goldfinger
- 15 May 2014 12:21
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Latest Polls.........SMIRK...........I hope you Tories enjoyed your 2 days at the top.......smirk again.
electionista @electionista ·
UK - YouGov #EP2014 poll:
LAB 28%
UKIP 25%
CON 22%
LDEM 10%
GRN 10%
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electionista @electionista ·
UK - Ipsos MORI poll:
LAB 34%
CON 31%
UKIP 11%
LDEM 9%
GRN 8%
hilary
- 15 May 2014 12:21
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Oh, and for anybody who thinks Cameron should resign if the jocks do vote to leave the union, they're wrong. He should be knighted!!!
doodlebug4
- 15 May 2014 12:23
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Well I'm a "jock" ( not a red one ) now living in England and I don't have a say anyway ! As a matter of interest, I don't know why English people can't vote to say whether or not they want Scotland to gain independence. :-)
goldfinger
- 15 May 2014 12:28
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Political Equations
15
Thursday
May 2014
Posted by Mike Sivier
I’ve had a look at these and I think they’re right.
Would any mathematicians like to add any equations of their own?
Can you solve these political equations?
David Cameron - Nick Clegg = 0
Ed Miliband x David Cameron = David Miliband
Alex Salmond³ - Scotland = Nigel Farage
Tuition Fees + (Nick Clegg x Pledge) = Tuition Fees²
Nick Clegg + Pledge = Pledge x 0
√ Nigel Farage = Enoch Powell
Tory Party ÷ Europe = Ed Miliband + Nr 10
Nigel Farage - Public School = Nick Griffin
Lib Dems - Nick Clegg ≥ Lib Dems + Nick Clegg
Nigel Farage - EU = 0
IDS ± Frog = Cock³
NHS x (David Cameron + Nick Clegg) = NHS x 0
Bankers + (Bonus³) = Recession³
Boris - Hair = Ken + (London Mayor x 2)
Chris Grayling = C*nt x ∞
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Shortie
- 15 May 2014 12:59
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I can't stand Cameron or Milliband or even that ginger twat from the Lib-Dems (forgotton his name and can't be bothered to google)... Its no wonder people don't bother to vote when this is the best that we have.
cynic
- 15 May 2014 13:05
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i understand why so many are totally disillusioned with the present bunch of politicians, but if you want to live in a democracy, i think you have an obligation to vote
goldfinger
- 15 May 2014 13:06
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Yep and I agree. Well said shortie.
Id like to see a Tory party with Mike Portilio as the leader backed by Ken Clarke and John Redwood but unfortunately and I still havent got my head around this, we voted in a set of posh boys from Eton who havent the slighest clue how normal working people carry out their Lifes.
Its a silly position we are in, although I note Camoron didnt win the last G/election and wont win the upcoming one either so their is light at the end of the tunnel.
cynic
- 15 May 2014 13:13
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sticky - do you think we all have an obligation to vote?
Shortie
- 15 May 2014 13:17
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I agree Cynic, I should vote, its my responsibility to help elect a government. But right now I see no point in voting as my options for candidate and party are all the same. Whoever I vote for doesn't have policies that I really want. I'll just help elect a party that I don't want but can't moan about because I either voted for them or didn't vote at all.... In simple terms my options are Fish & Chips, Fish & Chips or Fish & Chips, I only really get to choose the amount of salt and vinegar that gets sprinkled ontop.
cynic
- 15 May 2014 13:21
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so choose the least worst between huss (dogfish), skate (on thin ice) and battered saveloy (recovered meat sausage) :-)
Shortie
- 15 May 2014 13:27
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I will also say that to call this country a "democracy" is a total joke. We like to think that we're Democratic and have choice but its the biggest illusion countless governments have used to control the people of this country.
You may have a vote, you may have a say, but is it really a vote if all the voting possibilities lead to the same end result anyway..