What's Italian for 'kipper? Anti-migrant stunt goes awry.
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Zod said:
FredClogs said:
WinstonWolf said:
I'd say Farage is the closest thing we've had to Churchill since Churchill.
A little bit of sick just came up in my mouth...Churchill was right about lots of regulations. Legislative incontinence (most of it domestic, a fair chunk of it Euro) is very bad for us. We need not so much a bonfire of quangos as a bonfire of legislation. Governments should govern by making decisions about stuff, and be far less reliant on legislating about everything. Excess of legislation (lots of it really dire legislation to boot) can assist my wallet and aid me in slaking my insane lust for stupid and unreliable old cars, but as a citizen I think too much legislation is a rotten idea, and I'd rather have less of it even if that would mean fewer skanky old motors for me.
WinstonWolf said:
I'd say Farage is the closest thing we've had to Churchill since Churchill.
Just when I get a bit despondent about the fact that PH is infested with mad right-wing zealots, and consider yet again whether I should delete it from my favourites tab, a gem like this comes along to make my day.Breadvan72 said:
Zod said:
FredClogs said:
WinstonWolf said:
I'd say Farage is the closest thing we've had to Churchill since Churchill.
A little bit of sick just came up in my mouth...Churchill was right about lots of regulations. Legislative incontinence (most of it domestic, a fair chunk of it Euro) is very bad for us. We need not so much a bonfire of quangos as a bonfire of legislation. Governments should govern by making decisions about stuff, and be far less reliant on legislating about everything. Excess of legislation (lots of it really dire legislation to boot) can assist my wallet and aid me in slaking my insane lust for stupid and unreliable old cars, but as a citizen I think too much legislation is a rotten idea, and I'd rather have less of it even if that would mean fewer skanky old motors for me.
And I'm exceptionally happy to have made Mattnun sick, that's fair made my day...
longblackcoat said:
WinstonWolf said:
Farage will give you that.
Farage would have to be in power to give anybody anything. And as he won't be - even the most fervent UKIP supporters agree on that - he'll be in no position to deliver.If they weren't a threat why would you bother, just ignore UKIP.
WinstonWolf said:
longblackcoat said:
WinstonWolf said:
Farage will give you that.
Farage would have to be in power to give anybody anything. And as he won't be - even the most fervent UKIP supporters agree on that - he'll be in no position to deliver.If they weren't a threat why would you bother, just ignore UKIP.
As to why I bother? I don't like anything about Nigel Farage; there's almost nothing he says that I can agree with, and his bloke-on-the-street act fails to convince me.
WinstonWolf said:
longblackcoat said:
WinstonWolf said:
Farage will give you that.
Farage would have to be in power to give anybody anything. And as he won't be - even the most fervent UKIP supporters agree on that - he'll be in no position to deliver.If they weren't a threat why would you bother, just ignore UKIP.
WinstonWolf said:
If they weren't a threat why would you bother, just ignore UKIP.
Well theyve done the ignoring bit already, and the laughing at you bit too, now theyre into the fighting you part, guess what happens next? (according to some inoffensive little indian guy)......You can smell the utter desperation coming from BV, cloggs and the 10pshort fellows et al, its highly amusing to see them struggling with the relaisation their lefty righty ping pong politics game is starting to come under threat, theres no other reason I can see that theyd keep banging on (quite pointlessly) otherwise.
Ukips not perfect but its a CHANGE from the usual tired suspects and that appeals to people, if they turn out to be as jaded and self absorbed as the rest then thatll be our fault for voting for them, (heck we already got screwed in every hole by the others over the years) but thats our prerogative.
Its time for a change, the others have all had their chance theyve continually ballsed things up, lets see what some different ideas can achieve for once.
No internet discussion thread has a point or needs a point. It's just chatter. Nothing that we say here will alter the outcome of the election. I would love to see an end to ping pong politics, but cannot see UKIP delivering that.
I would also lay £100, payable to charity of winner's choice, that UKIP will get zero MPs in 2015.
I would also lay £100, payable to charity of winner's choice, that UKIP will get zero MPs in 2015.
Breadvan72 said:
No internet discussion thread has a point or needs a point. It's just chatter. Nothing that we say here will alter the outcome of the election. I would love to see an end to ping pong politics, but cannot see UKIP delivering that.
I would also lay £100, payable to charity of winner's choice, that UKIP will get zero MPs in 2015.
I hope you get to hang on to your money - no charity would make for a better cause than Interceptor juice - but that nice Ms Redding appears to be doing her utmost to lose you the bet.I would also lay £100, payable to charity of winner's choice, that UKIP will get zero MPs in 2015.
longblackcoat said:
As to why I bother? I don't like anything about Nigel Farage; there's almost nothing he says that I can agree with, and his bloke-on-the-street act fails to convince me.
Edited by mrpurple on Tuesday 15th April 23:42
I think that you may be mistaking the tiny world of UKIP threads within the tiny world that is NPE within the relatively tiny world of PH for real life. The desperate need for affirmation and validation that the 'kippers appear to have is curious. Most of us have political opinions of one sort or another, and sometimes those opinions even change, but most of us don't feel the need to tell one another that we are the only ones who have discovered the Secret Truth, or the need to feel validated by group hugging, while bemoaning the fact that howwid nasty libewals/tahwies/wotters/whatevers are howwid and nasty about our hobby horse and cheeky about our Dear Leader.
Breadvan72 said:
I think that you may be mistaking the tiny world of UKIP threads within the tiny world that is NPE within the relatively tiny world of PH for real life. The desperate need for affirmation and validation that the 'kippers appear to have is curious. Most of us have political opinions of one sort or another, and sometimes those opinions even change, but most of us don't feel the need to tell one another that we are the only ones who have discovered the Secret Truth, or the need to feel validated by group hugging, while bemoaning the fact that howwid nasty libewals/tahwies/wotters/whatevers are howwid and nasty about our hobby horse and cheeky about our Dear Leader.
And yet the real irony is that those of us who choose to vote UKIP don't keep starting threads on them.Guam said:
Indeed, I dont care enough to start such threads, I do find it intriguing as to what the motivation is of those doing that
At last a reason, a single reason has emerged from the frothing mouth that is the self righteous left; " I wont vote for farage because he looks like a frog".
Enlightened leftists show such amazing tolerance and grasp of all things.
I'm so glad my personal prejudices dont rule me otherwise I could never vote for [insert hate figure] because he's black/chinese/fat/gay........
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