The Politics Thread

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Who will you be voting for?

Labour
13
41%
Conservatives
12
38%
Liberal Democrats
2
6%
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
0
No votes
Green Party
3
9%
Plaid Cymru
0
No votes
Other
1
3%
Planet Hobo
1
3%
 
Total votes: 32

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Worthy4England » Thu May 05, 2011 9:24 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:Err, I've just thought - I've no idea how the vote's being counted, in that, will it just be a total number (out of everyone that voted, x million voted yes and x million no)? Or will it be done on constituances? Sorry for what will appear to be a proper numb-arsed question but I genuinely don't know. :oops:
Just the totals.

Was a yes from me.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by HMX » Thu May 05, 2011 9:27 pm

I voted yes

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lord Kangana » Thu May 05, 2011 9:35 pm

Jawohl fur uns an al.
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by superjohnmcginlay » Fri May 06, 2011 12:36 pm

Was a big fat no from me.

I made the cross big and fat.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by thebish » Fri May 06, 2011 11:08 pm

Justine Greening on "The World Tonight" says that looking around a (Westminster) coalition ministerial meeting you cannot tell who are the Conservatives and who are the Lib Dems. Or as George Orwell put it: "(They) looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which.” (Animal Farm, last page)

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by a1 » Sat May 07, 2011 12:45 am

thebish wrote:Justine Greening on "The World Tonight" says that looking around a (Westminster) coalition ministerial meeting you cannot tell who are the Conservatives and who are the Lib Dems. Or as George Orwell put it: "(They) looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which.” (Animal Farm, last page)
do these pigs wear red rosettes ? coz i think they voted for them here.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Sat May 07, 2011 9:37 am

thebish wrote:Justine Greening on "The World Tonight" says that looking around a (Westminster) coalition ministerial meeting you cannot tell who are the Conservatives and who are the Lib Dems. Or as George Orwell put it: "(They) looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which.” (Animal Farm, last page)

Fry 'um you'd soon find out

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by thebish » Sat May 07, 2011 1:41 pm

I was at a local strategic meeting this week for Havering which involved the PCT, the council and the voluntary sector...

in Havering two doctors consortiums are vying for prominence (on the back of Lansley's reforms) - one called "Doctors First" and the other called "Doctors Premier" (I kid you not!)

(it won't be long before they are calling themselves AAAAAAAADoctors First and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADoctors Premier - to gain top billing in Yellow Pages.)

anyway...

NHS doctors and consultants are (allegedly) tearing their hair out with all the time it is taking them to pander to both of these consortia with the constant complaints that they are favouring one over the other with NHS services...

brave new world....

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Sun May 08, 2011 12:04 am

thebish wrote:I was at a local strategic meeting this week for Havering which involved the PCT, the council and the voluntary sector...

in Havering two doctors consortiums are vying for prominence (on the back of Lansley's reforms) - one called "Doctors First" and the other called "Doctors Premier" (I kid you not!)

(it won't be long before they are calling themselves AAAAAAAADoctors First and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADoctors Premier - to gain top billing in Yellow Pages.)

anyway...

NHS doctors and consultants are (allegedly) tearing their hair out with all the time it is taking them to pander to both of these consortia with the constant complaints that they are favouring one over the other with NHS services...

brave new world....
f Labour hadn't slashed jnr Doctors hours they'd have more than enough time!!!!!!
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Thu May 12, 2011 9:17 am

"We should never have forgotten the Tories are a political killing machine."

"they closed rank in Spartan fashion"

...sounds suspiciously like praise to me!
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Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu May 12, 2011 9:34 am

Hoboh wrote:
thebish wrote:I was at a local strategic meeting this week for Havering which involved the PCT, the council and the voluntary sector...

in Havering two doctors consortiums are vying for prominence (on the back of Lansley's reforms) - one called "Doctors First" and the other called "Doctors Premier" (I kid you not!)

(it won't be long before they are calling themselves AAAAAAAADoctors First and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADoctors Premier - to gain top billing in Yellow Pages.)

anyway...

NHS doctors and consultants are (allegedly) tearing their hair out with all the time it is taking them to pander to both of these consortia with the constant complaints that they are favouring one over the other with NHS services...

brave new world....
f Labour hadn't slashed jnr Doctors hours they'd have more than enough time!!!!!!
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Hoboh, why bother posting when its clear that you don't have a clue about the issue?

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by thebish » Thu May 12, 2011 9:43 am

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Hoboh, why bother posting when its clear that you don't have a clue about the issue?

awwww.... BWFCi - if we all took that view - there'd be nothing on here and I'd have to do some work!!!

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu May 12, 2011 9:52 am

thebish wrote:
BWFC_Insane wrote:
Hoboh, why bother posting when its clear that you don't have a clue about the issue?

awwww.... BWFCi - if we all took that view - there'd be nothing on here and I'd have to do some work!!!
Ha true.

But still it was a comment that made no sense and has no bearing on the issue you describe.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lofthouse Lower » Thu May 12, 2011 9:54 am

If we applied that site-wide then you'd be banned from the football section 8)

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu May 12, 2011 9:55 am

Lofthouse Lower wrote:If we applied that site-wide then you'd be banned from the football section 8)
Only after you my friend! :wink:

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by William the White » Thu May 12, 2011 10:54 am

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:"We should never have forgotten the Tories are a political killing machine."

"they closed rank in Spartan fashion"

...sounds suspiciously like praise to me!
Whereas we Athenians prefer to invent democracy... :wink:

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu May 12, 2011 12:27 pm

Oh look its the 1980's all over again.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13332882" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lofthouse Lower » Thu May 12, 2011 12:29 pm

Really? Excellent. Loved the 80s

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu May 12, 2011 12:48 pm

Yeay, straight down to Talibs for a ski jumper and a pair of stonewashed Dam Yankee jeans :D

I don't mind there being a north/south divide just so long as I'm on the northern side of it!
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by BWFC_Insane » Thu May 12, 2011 1:37 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:Yeay, straight down to Talibs for a ski jumper and a pair of stonewashed Dam Yankee jeans :D

I don't mind there being a north/south divide just so long as I'm on the northern side of it!
I've often wondered about whether a big wall would be a good idea.

But where would it be, north of Watford gap? Or through Brum? Or north of Brum?

To be honest perhaps we could just build it round the South East corner....

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