Who are you voting for in the May1st Election?

I think any sane, feeling person agrees. Sorry

We both voted green and felt very good knowing we had done it, especially with our future plans. Of course the green party has a tiny fraction of a chance of going far, but its our feelings and we made them known as opposed to voting in more fascist ridiculousness, or keeping silent and useless, and it feels good to have done our small bit

 

The Conservatives have gained a majority it looks like

Tonight, we Londoners will find out who is next London Mayor. I hope Boris Johnson gets in. Other's may want Brian Paddick or Ken Livingstone.

 

Or Sian Berry J0hn, don't be forgetting her.

 

I leave this easy picking to Jon...

 

I'm very glad to see the Greens have become the official opposition in Norwich and are now well placed to challenge Charles Clarke for his seat in the next general election....

 

Yeah, It's good to see that despite most peoples worries, people are voting for the green party when they become disillusioned with the others more than they are right-wing nut groups.

 

What are you talking about duck? There was no easy picking. I did consider my votes like most other people when they went to the polls. Yes, I voted Boris Johnson. He got in, maybe in four years time, Labour will get another chance......unlikely

 

Im not talking about your vote. Infact youre the one who keeps mentioning your vote! I was talking about the grammar of course But nevermind

 

He must have a guilty conscience for voting EVIL....

 

the BNP are left of centre last time i checked, by the way.

 

Dunno where the hell you checked that lootfish they are most certainly far-right nationalists. There doesn't tend to be a lot of left-of-centre parties that want to reinstate the death penalty, recriminalise homosexuality and deny the holocaust.

 

What the FUCK.



Actually, this isn't that surprising. I got into an argument with a friend who claimed the Nazi Party were left-wing.

 

Last time I checked no other party of the 'centre' allowed only white membership. They might not be all skinhead nutjobs planting nailbombs anymore, but they remain a racist, extremist party. No wonder their vote was so high if they can so easily delude people into thinking they're a party of the moderate centre....

 

Finnaz, would you say Stalin was left of centre? Or Castro? How about Ahmadinejad?


I didn't say they were moderates. Depends how you define your left/right really, I think it works better as an economic spectrum, as i meant it. If you just lump fascism and racism in as right wing, then it just becomes messy - I mean, take the Communist Mugabe - fascist and racist, no? (unless you mean Mussolini's definition of fascism)

 

Yeah, on the political compass I would. left-wing Authoritarians. The BNP are centrist authoritarians. Though centrist tends to imply moderate. It's a rather confusing mishmash to be honest, but yeah, when you say left wing people associate it with left wing liberal sorta politics, and right wing with right wing authoritarian politics, or at least I do.

 

Now try and explain that to a year 9 like I tried to yesterday and you'll be laughing...

 

Hahaha good point, taking a gander at the political compass site, the greens are the only left wing libertarian party. The others are either in the completely wrong box (new labour, conservatives and a few others in right-wing authoritarian) or just right wing or just authoritarian. The green's really do need to get more votes. Shame they can't just hire ken and merge with left list, they'd stand a fair chance of winning then.

 

Oh come on duck. I know what you meant, but never mind hey. Boris is in, but in four years time who knows? I saw Gordon Bennet Brown on Sky News today. He was trying to charm voters into having confidence in the Labour party. This is after the following:


Since Labour came to Power, the cost of living has gone up. Food, utility bills and even petrol prices.This has all be excessive over the last five years of course. Then Gordon abolishes the ten pence tax rate, making it virtually impossible for low paid workers to meet the cost of living.
Those on Benefits are actually better off than those in a full time job.
Now Gordon Brown and his Labour Government have been hit hard in the yarbles. Conservatives may have messed up thirty years ago, but I have a feeling that they may have changed. Confidence in the Conservative party is growing. I wasn't the only one who voted conservative. There were many other's. We can't all be wrong?

 

So youre just talking about his grammar? :tongue:

 

Duck is alright. It is easy to make mistakes when you are fast at the keyboard, smoking a ciggerette and sipping on a glass of Cola. I might get VM a Beak warmer this Christmas.