That UK Election Thing

[Deathray 2,940]

Thatcher raised the deposit amount to try and kill off Lord Sutch, who ran against her in 1983.

 

I know, what's even sadder is she, in a tragic way, succeeded.

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

 

Thatcher raised the deposit amount to try and kill off Lord Sutch, who ran against her in 1983.

 

I know, what's even sadder is she, in a tragic way, succeeded.

 

 

 

Not totally sure there, Sutch topped himself soon after his mum died. And his party continue to pay the higher deposits. It was more the likes of the road safety candidates she hated; people who could afford to treat elections like an opportunity to get up in the pub and rant about something local that was pissing them off.

[msc 18,477]

 

 

Thatcher raised the deposit amount to try and kill off Lord Sutch, who ran against her in 1983.

 

I know, what's even sadder is she, in a tragic way, succeeded.

 

 

 

Not totally sure there, Sutch topped himself soon after his mum died. And his party continue to pay the higher deposits. It was more the likes of the road safety candidates she hated; people who could afford to treat elections like an opportunity to get up in the pub and rant about something local that was pissing them off.

 

 

Poor Bill Boaks, who did he ever piss off? Apart from the National Front.

 

Mind you, he spent his entire life campaigning for road safety, then got killed by a bus running him over. That's life.

[YoungWillz 21,050]

Second Scottish leaders' debate was exciting....well if you like that sort of thing.

 

Jim Murphy promised everyone the earth, while Patrick Harvie promised to save it. Ruth and Willie promised more Con-Dem Nation, while David C (UKIP Irrelevance Party) just condemned everyone. Sturgeon stuck to her guns and promised the truth and answered direct questions, even if her hurt her chances of votes. She's unstoppable up here. Even my (former Tory) Stan Freberg loving Dad's teetering her way.

 

Yesterday's quote of the day: Murphy (in response to a question about Labour standing up for the working man) "Labour is the party of the common man, and indeed of the common woman." I.e. we're part of the establishment, you're common, we'll do what is best for you commoners. Good god.

 

How's it going elsewhere in our United Kingdoms?

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218]

 

 

 

Thatcher raised the deposit amount to try and kill off Lord Sutch, who ran against her in 1983.

 

I know, what's even sadder is she, in a tragic way, succeeded.

 

 

 

Not totally sure there, Sutch topped himself soon after his mum died. And his party continue to pay the higher deposits. It was more the likes of the road safety candidates she hated; people who could afford to treat elections like an opportunity to get up in the pub and rant about something local that was pissing them off.

 

 

Poor Bill Boaks, who did he ever piss off? Apart from the National Front.

 

Mind you, he spent his entire life campaigning for road safety, then got killed by a bus running him over. That's life.

 

 

 

 

 

Thatcher raised the deposit amount to try and kill off Lord Sutch, who ran against her in 1983.

 

I know, what's even sadder is she, in a tragic way, succeeded.

 

 

 

Not totally sure there, Sutch topped himself soon after his mum died. And his party continue to pay the higher deposits. It was more the likes of the road safety candidates she hated; people who could afford to treat elections like an opportunity to get up in the pub and rant about something local that was pissing them off.

 

 

Poor Bill Boaks, who did he ever piss off? Apart from the National Front.

 

Mind you, he spent his entire life campaigning for road safety, then got killed by a bus running him over. That's life.

 

I was never convinced that Bill Boakes was actually alive. He looked like he was embalmed after living to the ripe old age of 120.

I suspect that he was an Electorial prank conceived by students or summat.

Wheel the corpse out at elections then shove him back in a cupboard until the next one.

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

We're in danger of having a serious political debate, let's drag it back to ridicule for a moment, eh?

 

Link: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=354520148081068&fref=nf

[Bibliogryphon 9,586]

 

 

 

We've got this far without mentioning that the Loonies are fielding 20 candidates and may actually achieve one of their aims. 8000 downloads of their campaign song in the week of the election, which they're trying to achieve, will put them in the top 40.

 

It's doubtless what Screaming Lord Sutch would've wanted.

 

http://www.loonyparty.com/

I've always considered standing for the loonies - maybe next election.

 

Nominations for this year don't close until tomorrow. There is still time.

 

And possibly still time for Nigel Farage to pull a Tory defector out of the bag.

 

 

I haven't got a suitable outfit to go collecting the ten signatures I'd need nor the £500 deposit that I'd almost certainly not recuperate. The latter being the greater stumbling block. Cheers Thatcher for upping the fee you cretinous dead bastard, your legacy of trodding on the poors hopes and aspirations lives on. I'll just set up a savings plan and

 

The other option could be standing as Deathlist candidate with your backing our policies could be something like legalising the murder of celebrities for advatageous purposes in dead pools, that ought to get the daily mail going. Whichever of us stands might need to buy a mask and change our name by deadpool though. And I doubt the EC would accept our circular with "Let's kill celebs for internet points" written over the skull and cross bones. [For those lacking an off-colour humour detector or any police officers reading - this is not serious, we are not planning and extremist murder-supporting party, we've got the Tories and Labour for that already)

 

 

I think we could perhaps agree around a more modest set of policies such as making it a criminal offence for the national news media to fail to provide obituaries for writers and sitcom actors and to exempt persecution of guests from hate crime legislation.

[YoungWillz 21,050]

UKIP guy on Daily Politics today, when asked what his party will do for women, announced the policy of removing the tax on tampons. That would make for an interesting Queen's Speech, the devil in me would love to see that.

[YoungWillz 21,050]

Porn star "stands" (fnah fnah) for UKIP. Here is this beauty interviewed for the BBC. The US and Italy have nothing on us. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-32231900

[maryportfuncity 10,647]

Porn star "stands" (fnah fnah) for UKIP. Here is this beauty interviewed for the BBC. The US and Italy have nothing on us. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-32231900

 

 

The porn director Anna Span stood for the Lib Dems in Kent, she's fairly outspoken about what she does professionally and about how she generally pays more for female stars, and how her industry as a rule has better known females than males.

[Dr. Zorders 1,271]

Why does the headline suggest he might be "ashamed" of his job? I thought it was the UKIP people who are supposed to be the unpermissive Middle-Englander types and the BBC who are supposed to be the carefree urban geniuses or something?

 

Or maybe.......... well, I can't be arsed to click the vid, but did the reporter have a big beard and suggest that he should tell the girls to "cover up" in future videos?

[Deathray 2,940]

Well I suppose this is UKIPs way of trying to plug their "libertarian" credentials without accepting gay marriage?

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218]

[YoungWillz 21,050]

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what living under Thatcher was like....

[Dr. Zorders 1,271]

Do any of the SNP supporters here have any actual opinions on the Trident issue outside of just being gleeful that it's another thing you might get to boss us around on via coalition negotiations?

I mean, surely you can't be insane enough to want our country to be less nuclearly-armed than a horrendous medieval one where they still stone women to death for incredibly petty reasons? (Just to be clear I'm talking about Pakistan there not Scotland)

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218]

 

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what living under Sue Perkins and Mary Portas was like....

 

EFA

[YoungWillz 21,050]

Do any of the SNP supporters here have any actual opinions on the Trident issue outside of just being gleeful that it's another thing you might get to boss us around on via coalition negotiations?

I mean, surely you can't be insane enough to want our country to be less nuclearly-armed than a horrendous medieval one where they still stone women to death for incredibly petty reasons? (Just to be clear I'm talking about Pakistan there not Scotland)

In return, I would ask why these WMD aren't at Portsmouth, Southampton or even just situated outside our Mother of Parliaments? You know Costa Rica? No army, no weapons and has land borders with Panama and Nicaragua. I see the WMD are doing a fine job of deterring terrorists, no wait...hang on....and not only that but they are a target for terrorism and sabotage. Without ever being used. Tell that to the folks of this country working at suppressed wages, unable to put food on the table or nappies on their wains and getting prescriptions from the doctor for household essentials...like toothpaste. I'd be against WMD no matter which party I supported.

 

But hey, we'll never compromise our security, says Ed and Dave. One wanted to go into Syria, one did go into Iraq...oops, compromised! As long as Russia doesn't have theirs pointed at the South East, it's ok to have them? I'll sleep safe knowing I'm "protected" by things which could cause holocaust 35 miles from my front door.

 

Rant over and no offence meant btw....

[Guest Guest]

 

 

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what living under Sue Perkins and Mary Portas was like....

 

EFA

 

her mum used to use her head as a brillo pad

[Guest Guest]

UKIP guy on Daily Politics today, when asked what his party will do for women, announced the policy of removing the tax on tampons. That would make for an interesting Queen's Speech, the devil in me would love to see that.

I doubt that the Queen still uses tampons

[YoungWillz 21,050]

 

UKIP guy on Daily Politics today, when asked what his party will do for women, announced the policy of removing the tax on tampons. That would make for an interesting Queen's Speech, the devil in me would love to see that.

I doubt that the Queen still uses tampons

 

Read in Lizzie's voice..."My Government will bring forward a Bill specifically aimed at women, by reducing the taxation liability on tampons..." etc

[RadGuy 1,614]

 

UKIP guy on Daily Politics today, when asked what his party will do for women, announced the policy of removing the tax on tampons. That would make for an interesting Queen's Speech, the devil in me would love to see that.

 

I doubt that the Queen still uses tampons

Who knows?

After all, she is a lizard creature.

[Dr. Zorders 1,271]

 

Do any of the SNP supporters here have any actual opinions on the Trident issue outside of just being gleeful that it's another thing you might get to boss us around on via coalition negotiations?

I mean, surely you can't be insane enough to want our country to be less nuclearly-armed than a horrendous medieval one where they still stone women to death for incredibly petty reasons? (Just to be clear I'm talking about Pakistan there not Scotland)

In return, I would ask why these WMD aren't at Portsmouth, Southampton or even just situated outside our Mother of Parliaments? You know Costa Rica? No army, no weapons and has land borders with Panama and Nicaragua. I see the WMD are doing a fine job of deterring terrorists, no wait...hang on....and not only that but they are a target for terrorism and sabotage. Without ever being used. Tell that to the folks of this country working at suppressed wages, unable to put food on the table or nappies on their wains and getting prescriptions from the doctor for household essentials...like toothpaste. I'd be against WMD no matter which party I supported.

 

But hey, we'll never compromise our security, says Ed and Dave. One wanted to go into Syria, one did go into Iraq...oops, compromised! As long as Russia doesn't have theirs pointed at the South East, it's ok to have them? I'll sleep safe knowing I'm "protected" by things which could cause holocaust 35 miles from my front door.

 

Rant over and no offence meant btw....

 

Except it's just another drop in the ocean of our huge budget....

If you really want to save that cash we could drop the bird-shredding... I mean "wind farm"........ subsidies?

Those starving people are really not likely to have any better of a time under an incoming Labour government, Syriza is the most left-wing party elected in Europe in decades and....... erm, as far as I can tell, they're still starving their Greek arses off over there.

[YoungWillz 21,050]

 

 

Do any of the SNP supporters here have any actual opinions on the Trident issue outside of just being gleeful that it's another thing you might get to boss us around on via coalition negotiations?

I mean, surely you can't be insane enough to want our country to be less nuclearly-armed than a horrendous medieval one where they still stone women to death for incredibly petty reasons? (Just to be clear I'm talking about Pakistan there not Scotland)

In return, I would ask why these WMD aren't at Portsmouth, Southampton or even just situated outside our Mother of Parliaments? You know Costa Rica? No army, no weapons and has land borders with Panama and Nicaragua. I see the WMD are doing a fine job of deterring terrorists, no wait...hang on....and not only that but they are a target for terrorism and sabotage. Without ever being used. Tell that to the folks of this country working at suppressed wages, unable to put food on the table or nappies on their wains and getting prescriptions from the doctor for household essentials...like toothpaste. I'd be against WMD no matter which party I supported.

 

But hey, we'll never compromise our security, says Ed and Dave. One wanted to go into Syria, one did go into Iraq...oops, compromised! As long as Russia doesn't have theirs pointed at the South East, it's ok to have them? I'll sleep safe knowing I'm "protected" by things which could cause holocaust 35 miles from my front door.

 

Rant over and no offence meant btw....

 

Except it's just another drop in the ocean of our huge budget....

If you really want to save that cash we could drop the bird-shredding... I mean "wind farm"........ subsidies?

Those starving people are really not likely to have any better of a time under an incoming Labour government, Syriza is the most left-wing party elected in Europe in decades and....... erm, as far as I can tell, they're still starving their Greek arses off over there.

 

My points were not only financial, as I think you'll see. And I think they were starving their arses off in Greece long before a left wing Government took office. I'm not for Labour or the Conservative neo-economic plan personally, never mind their defence strategy. Let's face it, they're both cut from the same cloth and will vote through renewal of Trident together, just as they vote on a lot of things together, regardless of opposition.

[charon 4,943]

Do any of the SNP supporters here have any actual opinions on the Trident issue outside of just being gleeful that it's another thing you might get to boss us around on via coalition negotiations?

I mean, surely you can't be insane enough to want our country to be less nuclearly-armed than a horrendous medieval one where they still stone women to death for incredibly petty reasons? (Just to be clear I'm talking about Pakistan there not Scotland)

I don't give two fucks about Trident/nuclear weapons/ power stations.

I was in the YSN in the early 80's when the 'adult' party were Tory cunts, didn't sway me then, nor now.

 

 

I blame the SNP for not getting Independence decades ago. Should have made it a 1 issue thing. They didn't, and I'll still vote for them.

[msc 18,477]

Move the damned things to Portsmouth. They get kept, they're out of Scotland, it boosts a struggling economy in the Tory heartlands, and if they do go down to 3, it saves money. Everyone's a winner.