Political debates

[Guest]

Steamy wndows


Laurie

[takeslousyphotos]

Can we not just

Agree Barry. Being an MP is one of the last bastions of a call to duty dedication. Living a great deal of the time away from wives or husbands and their children. Late sessions and then weekends back to the constituency to take their meetings with their constituents. Most are highly intelligent to get there their constituent parties make sure of that. The amount of money they earn is pitiful compared to their hours and responsibility.
There used when I was young Doctors Nurses Surgeons Firefighters Police who were in that category but now.


Given a franchise use it it is the cheapest gift given to the people of Britain. Many countries do not have it or know how to use it.


Laurie

So.......... Power crazed, egotistical, how much can I make from my memoirs (and my wife's if you have the surname Blair or Clinton) and only interested in knocking on my door while I'm having dinner when they want my vote.... How many times, in the last five years has my MP just called by to say "Hi, how are you doing thanks for voting for me...... None of that comes into it .............


Let's not get too emotional and sympathetic about how hard done by they are ............. They get, 3 times or more in salary than the average person, over generous expenses which they abuse and then come up with ridiculous nonsense to try to justify it when they get caught at it instead of "Manning Up" to it, get to buy houses on the tax payers tab,.......When they either resign in disgrace or finish up they get a Golden Handshake, a Pension and a peerage ....... As well as all that they have other jobs (look up on google Rifkind & Straw) which they are doing instead of representing their constituents, who pay their wages.............. and if they are really lucky (and have the surname Blair) you can become "Peace Envoy" for the middle East ????? Where did that one come from .......???? Peace Envoy ???? ........ He sent the Army in to two middle East Countries????


Oh........ and I forgot to mention that their mates on that independent???? committee voted them a 9% pay rise? When everyone else in the country got bugger all.


So let's not be worrying ourselves if they are not going to be able to afford dinner in one of the subsidised (by us tax payers) restaurants in the Houses of Parliament, while they cut a deal to carve up the NHS and Armed Forces budget) tonight or not ..............Because they have such a bad life.

[Guest]

I actually want to vote, I really do but you show me a party in this day and age that is worth my vote. Now I see the logic that if you don't vote then someone gets in that not many people want so I think a big change is needed we need new political parties and politicians that are not tory, labour and u kip. Face it its the same choices every few years so until a political party materialises that actually want to help the people of this country I will hold my vote for them.


scott

[Ian M]

Soooo the political ranting begins. Pull it in or I will pull the plug.


Ian M

[Guest]

Well we just watched it and what I heard was blah blah blah lie blah lie lie blah lie yawn(that's me ) wake up, blah blah lie blah yawn (wake up) blah lie blah.


Now it's all so much clearer glad I watched i know know who to vote for. The raving Martian loony party.

[grumpa]

I just want to say I broke the damn bracket on the gun recouperator for my Super Pershing build ! Now what the HELL is the govt. gonna do about THAT!!!!

[takeslousyphotos]

I just want to say I broke the damn bracket on the gun recouperator for my Super Pershing build ! Now what the HELL is the govt. gonna do about THAT!!!!

......... Blame the North Koreans, Iranians or the Kremlin maybe?????

[Alan 45]

Well I did my bit and I must say it was true to form in the fact that they just bickered like kids from the main parties


Sturgeon was doing a very good act of trying to sell herself to the british people but we all know she hates the union so we won't buy the rhetoric


The Welsh one sorry I forgot her name just prattled on about how bad it was in Wales


Bennett was out of her depth trying to say political correctness was the best way to be and she did well not sounding like Adolfo hitler


Farrage was his charming self giving them all a good hiding and taking abuse from the real fascists quite well


Over all though I have to say that this American debate thing is not for us Brits we should dump it

[takeslousyphotos]

Well I did my bit and I must say it was true to form in the fact that they just bickered like kids from the main parties
Sturgeon was doing a very good act of trying to sell herself to the british people but we all know she hates the union so we won't buy the rhetoric


The Welsh one sorry I forgot her name just prattled on about how bad it was in Wales


Bennett was out of her depth trying to say political correctness was the best way to be and she did well not sounding like Adolfo hitler


Farrage was his charming self giving them all a good hiding and taking abuse from the real fascists quite well


Over all though I have to say that this American debate thing is not for us Brits we should dump it

I watched it without the sound on................. :P I'm sure I missed nothing much.

[zuludog]

In the early 1970s the American magazine 'Rolling Stone' printed a definition of politics


'You scratch my back, and I'll lick the slime from between your toes'

[grumpa]

Debates? you mean more like conservative candidate goes to liberal media outlet, gets trashed for half hour, leaves with tail between legs ops: then says what a success it was!

[John]

Politics are not allowed on this forum, thread closed