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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 mummywhycantieatcrayons » Mon May 12, 2014 5:59 pm

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thebish wrote:there are bigger baddies than Barlow...

but - it does irritate me when Cameron kinda justifies his tax-avoidance by saying that gary has done a lot for charity... call me cynical - but "doing stuff for charity" is one of the prime tools that celebrities have for self-promotion....
He doesn't seem to have condemned him the way he did Jimmy Carr, for example, but then I guess Jimmy Carr isn't a donor to the Tory Party.

Is he actually saying that doing charity work actually 'offsets' bad stuff? What about Jimmy Saville then?
Sorry I've missed something, but is Barlow a Conservative Party donor?
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lord Kangana » Mon May 12, 2014 6:02 pm

Anyway, I've just seen a political broadcast by The English Democrats. :shock:
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Mon May 12, 2014 6:06 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:
Beefheart wrote:
thebish wrote:there are bigger baddies than Barlow...

but - it does irritate me when Cameron kinda justifies his tax-avoidance by saying that gary has done a lot for charity... call me cynical - but "doing stuff for charity" is one of the prime tools that celebrities have for self-promotion....
He doesn't seem to have condemned him the way he did Jimmy Carr, for example, but then I guess Jimmy Carr isn't a donor to the Tory Party.

Is he actually saying that doing charity work actually 'offsets' bad stuff? What about Jimmy Saville then?
Sorry I've missed something, but is Barlow a Conservative Party donor?
I do believe, after being paraded by Mr Cameron, that he donated a large slice of wedge to a certain Conservative & Unionist political party
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Mon May 12, 2014 6:07 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:Anyway, I've just seen a political broadcast by The English Democrats. :shock:
I need more information.
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Post by Lord Kangana » Mon May 12, 2014 6:08 pm

:shock: :shock: :shock:

Is that better?
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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Mon May 12, 2014 6:19 pm

Lord Kangana wrote::shock: :shock: :shock:

Is that better?
It gives me both more and less information at the very same time. Without trying to flatter you, only you could have achieved that. :wink:
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Harry Genshaw » Mon May 12, 2014 6:57 pm

Lord Kangana wrote::shock: :shock: :shock:

Is that better?
It's on the beeb now. I'll raise you another couple :shock:

"Let the English revolt commence" -that worked a treat. This Englishman was revolted!
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Bruce Rioja » Mon May 12, 2014 7:14 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:Anyway, I've just seen a political broadcast by The English Democrats. :shock:
I saw that, too. Crin blithered here. :lol:
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Hoboh » Tue May 13, 2014 12:00 am

Tory's must be worried, I've had the same leaflet addressed to me through the post three days running :mrgreen:
One from UKIP and now't from the commies or clegglets yet!

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Post by thebish » Tue May 13, 2014 8:03 am

Hoboh wrote:Tory's must be worried, I've had the same leaflet addressed to me through the post three days running :mrgreen:
One from UKIP and now't from the commies or clegglets yet!
the UKIP one will have been delivered by migrant workers from eastern europe...

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Post by Gary the Enfield » Tue May 13, 2014 8:05 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Lord Kangana wrote:Anyway, I've just seen a political broadcast by The English Democrats. :shock:
I saw that, too. Crin blithered here. :lol:

Me too.

''English jobs for English workers!''

''I'm English. Not British. Not European''

Lots of soundbites, delivered by individuals in a field with heavily regional accents, over a soundtrack sung by a poor man's Billy Bragg.

Never heard of them before, hope to never hear of them again. Are they the new EDL?

Oh, and 'Lands End to Hadrians Wall'? I don't think the Cornish consider themselves English do they?

St. George wasn't English either.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Prufrock » Tue May 13, 2014 8:34 am

IIRC that set of nutters is where UKIP came from. UKIP were a splinter group of them.
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Bruce Rioja » Tue May 13, 2014 9:17 am

Gary the Enfield wrote: Never heard of them before, hope to never hear of them again. Are they the new EDL?
Good question. Who are that lot in the Muslamic Ray Bans?
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by bwfcdan94 » Tue May 13, 2014 9:27 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Gary the Enfield wrote: Never heard of them before, hope to never hear of them again. Are they the new EDL?
Good question. Who are that lot in the Muslamic Ray Bans?
I haven't seen him at a Bolton game since Barnsley last season, if any of you do see him why don't you ask him what are muslamic ray guns.
The above post is complete bollox/garbage/nonsense, please point this out to me at any and every occasion possible.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Gary the Enfield » Tue May 13, 2014 9:41 am

bwfcdan94 wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Gary the Enfield wrote: Never heard of them before, hope to never hear of them again. Are they the new EDL?
Good question. Who are that lot in the Muslamic Ray Bans?
I haven't seen him at a Bolton game since Barnsley last season, if any of you do see him why don't you ask him what are muslamic ray guns.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by KeyserSoze » Tue May 13, 2014 10:39 am

English Democrats won the mayorship somewhere a few year ago. Think it was doncaster?

anyway, for those fortunate enough not to see it yet

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Abdoulaye's Twin » Tue May 13, 2014 10:51 am

Oh dear.

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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Tue May 13, 2014 11:10 am

Lost Leopard Spot wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:Sorry if I've missed something, but is Barlow a Conservative Party donor?
I do believe, after being paraded by Mr Cameron, that he donated a large slice of wedge to a certain Conservative & Unionist political party
Cor, OBEs don't come cheap these days, do they...
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by Prufrock » Tue May 13, 2014 11:56 am

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05 ... _hp_ref=uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think the last paragraph is the first time I can remember seeing anything at all Cameron has done and though, 'he's good at politics!'.
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Re: The Politics Thread

Post by TANGODANCER » Tue May 13, 2014 11:57 am

Own worst enemies? England says yes. :wink:
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