Deathray 2,940 Posted April 6, 2014 Okay that's your interpretation of the "maths".. The bookies actually say a hung parliament is most likely. What I'm interested in is reasons to vote for Ed Miliband and there don't really seem to be any other than to get Cameron out. I wonder how many times people in the eighties said that Kinnock would win the next election when he used to have big leads in the polls and then he didn't. How can you be so confident when Miliband is down? This is a bit harsh on Miliband; energy price freeze, jobs guarantee for long term unemployed and reduction in tuition fees. There's three reasons to vote for him, still not really enough to get my vote on his name in 2015 yet though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 6, 2014 I'm voting for the SNP. Alex Salmon is the only real leader in the UK ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted April 6, 2014 I'm voting for the SNP. Alex Salmon is the only real leader in the UK ! There's something fishy about this guest post... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,100 Posted April 6, 2014 I'm voting for the SNP. Alex Salmon is the only real leader in the UK ! There's something fishy about this guest post... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted April 7, 2014 Okay that's your interpretation of the "maths".. The bookies actually say a hung parliament is most likely. What I'm interested in is reasons to vote for Ed Miliband and there don't really seem to be any other than to get Cameron out. I wonder how many times people in the eighties said that Kinnock would win the next election when he used to have big leads in the polls and then he didn't. How can you be so confident when Miliband is down? Kinnock had the opposite problem to Milliband he was an excellent speaker and laid out his left of centre stall for all to see. Yet his lack of judgement (Sheffield) and a hostile right wing press meant the 1992 campaign ended in failure but if the Torys had lost in 1992 would they have been out of power for 18 years? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted November 25, 2015 Kicks off PMQs today by mentioning his principal private secretary, Chris Martin, has died aged 42 from sarcoma. Make your own The Scientist/Yellow gags here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted November 25, 2015 Well he was already dead cos he's an uncivil serpent obviously, they are the weirdest most thick-headed, dead inside people. So now he's just officially dead. In fact you can bet your life this guy was a massive fan of the other Chris Martin. Now I think about it, because it trivialized these people and made them seem cute and clever, Yes Prime Minister probably has to be ranked as one of the worst things in human history, the fact that my mum liked it so much was probably a pretty good hint. *goes off to scribble this newly found revelation down* 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted April 7, 2016 Goodbye Mr Cameron, it was [not] nice knowing ye: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35992331 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted April 8, 2016 Goodbye Mr Cameron, it was [not] nice knowing ye: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35992331 FWIW 96% of people in this newspaper survey at the time of writing are calling for him to fall on his sword: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/panama-papers-david-cameron-admits-7711340 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,745 Posted April 8, 2016 Goodbye Mr Cameron, it was [not] nice knowing ye: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35992331 FWIW 96% of people in this newspaper survey at the time of writing are calling for him to fall on his sword: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/panama-papers-david-cameron-admits-7711340 The Mirror is a left-leaning paper, the only national paper to stand by Labour since their fall from power and is no fan of the Tories. These newspaper polls are rarely even slightly fair and balanced but even so I accept 96% is a helluva big number. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted April 8, 2016 Goodbye Mr Cameron, it was [not] nice knowing ye: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35992331 FWIW 96% of people in this newspaper survey at the time of writing are calling for him to fall on his sword: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/panama-papers-david-cameron-admits-7711340 The Mirror is a left-leaning paper, the only national paper to stand by Labour since their fall from power and is no fan of the Tories. These newspaper polls are rarely even slightly fair and balanced but even so I accept 96% is a helluva big number. Thanks. Good to know. Someone once told me it was a fairly unbiased newspaper so I was going by that. Is the Independent the only truly independent UK paper then? (DJL still has trouble navigating the biases and factional allegiances of all these Fleet Street rags... At least in Australia it is simple since Murdoch controls just about everything singlehandedly... ) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted April 8, 2016 FWIW, to balance things here is the Tory-leaning Telegraph and they feel he has mishandled it but they aren't quite calling for their leader's head [yet]. In their poll, 78% of people are saying politicians should make their tax returns public: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/07/david-cameron-has-disastrously-mishandled-the-crisis-over-his-ta/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Droosy Posted April 8, 2016 Goodbye Mr Cameron, it was [not] nice knowing ye: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35992331 his father rose from the grave and pointed a finger at poor, little Dave Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 8, 2016 Yeah, I reckon he'll be gone by the end of 2016 with the fallout of the Euro vote whatever that turns out to be... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,436 Posted April 8, 2016 He'll be gone by August, if not a lot sooner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted April 8, 2016 He is not leaving office it'll take a lot to make him leave office like an affair with a pig. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted April 8, 2016 He is not leaving office it'll take a lot to make him leave office like an affair with a pig.Aussies can't believe what these Eton/UK upper class types get up to... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted April 8, 2016 Eddie calls on the people to force him to resign, saying "The next 24 hours could change Britain!" in the Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/david-cameron-panama-papers-offshore-fund-edward-snowden-british-public-should-rise-up-and-force-pm-a6974231.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,639 Posted April 8, 2016 The one thing that'll keep him in office is the evil scheming behind the scenes predictability of his fellow Nasty Party members; none of whom will want to declare their interest for the top job until the EU referendum is over. In any case, he's going during the present parliament. So, if the Brexit mob win he'll go sooner rather than later and if the Remain lot edge it he'll hang on until Osbourne, May and anyone else who wants a go have had a chance to set out their stalls and the gloves come off all round. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted April 9, 2016 Well it was heartening to see all those 'Socialist Workers Party' members( didn't think they needed their own party now Corbyn has taken the helm at Labour) and assorted Anarchists and some of our middle classes with fuck all better to do demonstrate, en masse, outside the Connaught Rooms demanding that Cameron resign. It surely was a case of a man devoid of any sense of reality harangued by a mob of people equally devoid of any sense of reality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted April 11, 2016 British politics is none of my business but I found this comment on some Scottish independence site I stumbled across that caused me to smile: What’s a unionist to do on 5 May? There’s the tax dodging pig f*ckers on one hand, or the bank bailing school collapsers on the other. Don’t envy British nationalists that choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,569 Posted April 12, 2016 The electorate need to remember the day to give David Cameron an electoral kicking is 5th May not 23rd June Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted April 12, 2016 The electorate need to remember the day to give David Cameron an electoral kicking is 5th May not 23rd June I've never understood why people advocate punishing the party running the Westminster government by voting against that party in the local government elections. If my local council is doing what I consider to be a great job, why would I vote them out because their colleagues at Westminster are arseholes? Surely the time to kick the Westminster government up the arse is at the next general election. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
