2015 post UK election discussion

[ToffeeDoug]

I wonder, if Labour had won would Middle England have rioted?

For Labour to have won, Middle England would have had to have voted for them, so unlikely.

 

[Seanjd]

hahaha you've got to be kidding. It's a bunch of middle class kids with delusions of grandeur who can't accept a defeat.

Poll tax riots they are not, however, you cannot simply dismiss protest as middle class kids who can't accept defeat. Many of these will be people who do not want another 5 years if cuts and are making their voices heard. Bloody good on them.

 

[peteblue]

And part of democracy is having the right of reply ie. a peaceful protest, surely?

Except it wasn't peaceful and they vandalised a monument to our war dead during VE remembrance......disgusted tbh.....

 

[Seanjd]

Two days in........

Pete's here for the night shift, time for me to go to bed

 

[The Esk]

a nasty type of politics.......

That's some claim after the scare mongering tactics used in the election campaign, pitching nation against nation and economic class against economic class.

 

[daylightrobber]

I wonder how many of them actually bothered to vote.....or pay tax....or work....or do anything other than behave in a selfish manner.......this is what what happening with the ScotsNats, a nasty type of politics.......

That's a bit rich when you consider the nasty political campaign your lot have just conducted. I can guarantee there were many more involved in that who don't pay full taxes. They certainly won't be showing a lot of consideration for others as they slash £12b

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

I wonder, if Labour had won would Middle England have rioted?

Wouldn't have made any difference mate, because middle England are always the main target whichever party are in power and they need to raise cash from somewhere.

 

[Mrk]

Poll tax riots they are not, however, you cannot simply dismiss protest as middle class kids who can't accept defeat. Many of these will be people who do not want another 5 years if cuts and are making their voices heard. Bloody good on them.

I am free to take the complete and utter piss out of them, and I will, because they're beyond parody.

They're free to protest all they want, though. But I will continue to laugh.

 

[Groucho]

Except it wasn't peaceful and they vandalised a monument to our war dead during VE remembrance......disgusted tbh.....

That is very wrong, yes.

As I said, I'd support a peaceful protest, not a riot.

 

[davek]

Thatcherism MkII on it's way. Who'd have thought that 6/7 years ago when that nice Mr Cameron was charging about the Arctic with those sled pulling Huskies 'detoxifying' the Tory brand.

Didn't take long for the nasty party to return did it? £12B worth of bone crushing cuts to tear the nation apart.

 

[The Esk]

I wonder how many of them actually bothered to vote.....or pay tax.

Is it a non-dom protest?

 

[Seanjd]

I am free to take the complete and utter piss out of them, and I will, because they're beyond parody.

They're free to protest all they want, though. I will continue to laugh, though.

That's fine, of course you are, but at least they're going out and doing something,. Night!

 

[glorydaze]

Their lives would have been pretty much unchanged as a result.

Maybe they should have voted for Labour then.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

That's our system though and for the flaws it has, it also allows us to have genuine constituency MPs who represent us at a local level on the national stage. That's really important. Its also the reason why UKIP only won one seat. We need to be careful what we wish for.

How many other grown up nations in the world still use FPTP? Turnouts are going to get lower and lower if voters believe that their vote doesn't matter.

 

[Mrk]

That's fine, of course you are, but at least they're going out and doing something,. Night!

Defacing World War II monuments and throwing things at policemen?

The revolution is near, comrades.