2015 post UK election discussion

[daylightrobber]

I hope so.

Do you think we can afford it?

 

[SteamyRayVaughn]

I said weeks ago Labour should have been plastering those photographs of that smug bunch of self regarding, entitled buggers on every lamppost in England.

Hiw coukd any ordinary oersonnal vote for that bunch?

Unfortunately they don't have a rabid, partisan press to do it for them.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

"The Conservatives have proposed cutting £12bn in welfare after the election, without specifying how. "

Yeh that's not worrying in the slightest, I'm glad we voted these back in.

 

[The Mighty Quint]

4 million odd votes - 1 seat for ukip

1 million odd votes - 56 seats for snp

Great democracy.

10m Tory votes, 324 seats, UKip and Greens get over 5m and get 3 seats between them.

 

[Khalekan]

Unfortunately they don't have a rabid, partisan press to do it for them.

Very true.

Imagine tgatthat had been a bunch of Labour MPs posing at a Fabian society function or sommat.

It would gave been on every front page.

 

[SNova]

Do you think we can afford it?

Afford what? Apart from trade I see no other reason to stay in. And I do believe we'd be able to get the trade deal without being in the EU because we import more than we export.

 

[Jeff Jones]

This is a true story told me by my cousin in Ireland.

Or it may be apocryphal. But it deserves to be true

My cousin and his chum went fishing on a river flowing through the land of Lord sommat or other.

They were poaching and a bailiff approached them and told them to hop it.....they were trespassing on private property.

The chum asked how come the property was "private" and the bailiff said Milord owns it.

When asked how Milord came to own the land the bailiff said "his ancestors fought for it and won the fight".

To which my cousin's mate replied "well go fetch him here and I will fight him for it now......".....

.....er......I'll get me coat.......

Sounds fair enough, but it doesn't work that way. Probably just as well.

 

[Azza]

I think the Scottish people will rue this for quite some time to come!

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Can @Woolly Blue vault this?

The NHS is not, and will not be privatised.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

Can @Woolly Blue vault this?

The NHS is not, and will not be privatised.

What's your forfeit if ANY further part of it is?

 

[Moomin]

I want the freedom to insult any ideology.

Which party was going to stop you doing this?

 

[SNova]

Can @Woolly Blue vault this?

The NHS is not, and will not be privatised.

Labour privatized more of the NHS than the tories. I don't understand why people are saying tories are going to privatize it.

 

[Billy Dean]

10m Tory votes, 324 seats, UKip and Greens get over 5m and get 3 seats between them.

That's why they campaigned so vehemently against an alternative voting system in 2011 and people lapped it up as usual.

 

[Tubey]

Can @Woolly Blue vault this?

The NHS is not, and will not be privatised.

It will be privatised piecemeal, as seen with Circle Health. It's a matter of time - they've got unfunded spending and cuts to make; the NHS is an ideological goldmine for them to exploit, and we all know this Thatcher Lite regime has no problem exploiting ideology.

 

[daylightrobber]

Afford what? Apart from trade I see no other reason to stay in. And I do believe we'd be able to get the trade deal without being in the EU because we import more than we export.

Its all about the financial institutions using the UK as a gateway to the Eurozone. We were perfectly placed, with our membership of the EU, the transport infrastructure, the language and our relationship with the US. Why throw away one of the biggest advantages we have?