What really is the UK's best option in the elections
What really is the UK's best option in the elections
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528Sport

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1,464 posts

258 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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As the topic asks.
Putting aside party leaders what is the best option for the UK?
I know a few would like to see Gordon swim in his own poo but that is not really the answer for our country.

Hung parliment maybe?

Edited by 528Sport on Wednesday 3rd March 09:09


Edited by 528Sport on Wednesday 3rd March 09:10

V88Dicky

7,362 posts

207 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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UKIP landslide.

elster

17,517 posts

234 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Extermination and start from scratch?

Puggit

49,468 posts

272 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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A hung parliament is not best - the markets have already told us that this week.

We need a strong leader, not afraid to take tough decisions.

Oh dear...

maix27

1,070 posts

220 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Puggit said:
A hung parliament is not best - the markets have already told us that this week.

We need a strong leader, not afraid to take tough decisions.

Oh dear...
A hung parliament may not be good for the financial markets but at least we may see some democracy, and, hopefully, the right decisions for the country.

We don't just want another little dictator in power and i can't see either of the two main leaders not being like this.

I don't think the political system we have in this country is good for this country IMHO.

10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

241 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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anonymous said:
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What's Michael Crawford got to do with it?

JagLover

46,219 posts

259 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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maix27 said:
Puggit said:
A hung parliament is not best - the markets have already told us that this week.

We need a strong leader, not afraid to take tough decisions.

Oh dear...
A hung parliament may not be good for the financial markets but at least we may see some democracy, and, hopefully, the right decisions for the country.

We don't just want another little dictator in power and i can't see either of the two main leaders not being like this.

I don't think the political system we have in this country is good for this country IMHO.
The structural deficit (not the cyclical deficit) needs to be reduced by tens of billions. This needs one party in power with a mandate for change.

A hung parliment will merely hand power to the Lib-Dems.

I'm not at all sure that Labour can do it either if they did win an election. They can raise taxes certainly, the last decade shows ample evidence of that, but i'm not at all sure that the party of the public sector unions and the client state can correct the overspending which they themselves instituted.


Mclovin

1,679 posts

222 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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a hung parliament will mean over 600 self serving wkers bickering about who gets who....

elster

17,517 posts

234 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Mclovin said:
a hung parliament will mean over 600 self serving wkers bickering about who gets who....
Normal day in Parliament then.

Rocksteadyeddie

7,971 posts

251 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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It's one of those contests where "none of the above" is becoming more and more appealing.

Chris_w666

22,655 posts

223 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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anonymous said:
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elster said:
Extermination and start from scratch?
Either of these would do. The people have no faith in the system and to some level I agree, no matter who gets in someone will end up worse off.

If Labour get in we get higher taxes and more debt. But at least we already know they are a lying bunch of 2 faced wkers.

If the tories get in we get higher taxes and less public spending (meaning more of those annoying tts moaning they are not getting huge poay rises for doing fk all in the local authority).

If the Lib Dems get in the world will implode.

If UKIP get in it would be funny for about 12 hours until we realise what a shower fo st we have let ourselves in for.

Hung Parliment means they will just end up bickering and we will wish Guy Fawkes had suceeded.

Green Party would mean we all end up driving Gwiz' and eating lentils.

BNP would be pretty much as the UKIP result but with racism throw in to the mix to stir things up a little.

tangent police

3,097 posts

200 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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BNP and UKIP are quite ideologically different.

One is right wing libertarian, the other is pretty far left.

It is common "political correctness" from the handwringers that anything nationalist is "right wing".

BNP are nationalist LEFT.

It's a popular misconception smile

Zod

35,295 posts

282 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Getting rid of Labour, therefore voting Conservative, rather than wasting votes on a tinpot anti-EU party run by a boorish buffoon or a nasty little racist rump party.

Chris_w666

22,655 posts

223 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Zod said:
Getting rid of Labour, therefore voting Conservative, rather than wasting votes on a tinpot anti-EU party run by a boorish buffoon or a nasty little racist rump party.
Thats what scares me, I can see why we need rid of labour but i don't think the Conservative party is the answer, best of the alternatives yes, but right I don't know.

Jinx

11,939 posts

284 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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V88Dicky said:
UKIP landslide.
They haven't got enough candidates running have they?

Fittster

20,120 posts

237 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Not to vote in anyway to make a small step in undermining the failed system of representative democracy.

Zod

35,295 posts

282 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Chris_w666 said:
Zod said:
Getting rid of Labour, therefore voting Conservative, rather than wasting votes on a tinpot anti-EU party run by a boorish buffoon or a nasty little racist rump party.
Thats what scares me, I can see why we need rid of labour but i don't think the Conservative party is the answer, best of the alternatives yes, but right I don't know.
It's a time for pragmatism, not idealism.

Snoggledog

9,042 posts

241 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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The Greens. Who better to force the revolution?

Chris_w666

22,655 posts

223 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Zod said:
Chris_w666 said:
Zod said:
Getting rid of Labour, therefore voting Conservative, rather than wasting votes on a tinpot anti-EU party run by a boorish buffoon or a nasty little racist rump party.
Thats what scares me, I can see why we need rid of labour but i don't think the Conservative party is the answer, best of the alternatives yes, but right I don't know.
It's a time for pragmatism, not idealism.
This is true, but a few years back now in our first Mayoral election the town voted against politicials and guess who won the mayoral election!



tangent police

3,097 posts

200 months

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Zod said:
Chris_w666 said:
Zod said:
Getting rid of Labour, therefore voting Conservative, rather than wasting votes on a tinpot anti-EU party run by a boorish buffoon or a nasty little racist rump party.
Thats what scares me, I can see why we need rid of labour but i don't think the Conservative party is the answer, best of the alternatives yes, but right I don't know.
It's a time for pragmatism, not idealism.
Saving £140M a day is highly pragmatic.

I take it you'd prefer the social-democratic pragmatism of CMD?