Brits & election day...Where are you all?

[SpeedRacer 1]

It's election day across the pond. So why arent the Brits in here on Speakers Corner bashing each other???

Let's get with it! Sling some mud! Throw bottles & chairs!! This is Speakers Corner dammit!

Speed Racer
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[christelsabine 1]

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It's election day across the pond. So why arent the Brits in here on Speakers Corner bashing each other???

Let's get with it! Sling some mud! Throw bottles & chairs!! This is Speakers Corner dammit!

Question: What do you really know about the politeness of Brits, Sir?

dudeist skydiver # 3105

[sinker 0]

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It's election day across the pond. So why arent the Brits in here on Speakers Corner bashing each other???

Let's get with it! Sling some mud! Throw bottles & chairs!! This is Speakers Corner dammit!

Question: What do you really know about the politeness of Brits, Sir?

I think he answered that already in his initial post! You've seen those dudes go at it on the tele, haven't you? They're animals!!

-the artist formerly known as sinker

[shropshire 0]

Sorry mate, you're a day early.. Polling stations open at 07:00 Thursday (still wednesday here!).............

Also, as the 2 primary parties are pretty much the same ... there's very liitle to argue about (yawn....)

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Casurf1978 0]

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I think he answered that already in his initial post! You've seen those dudes go at it on the tele, haven't you? They're animals!!

I saw the house of commons or Lords on tele one night and man it was like congress with a two drink minimum.

[dropoutdave 0]

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I saw the house of commons or Lords on tele one night and man it was like congress with a two drink minimum.

Haha so true. All the leaders fromt eh 3 main parties were on a show called Question Time the other week having a head to head debate with the public. All 3 of them got a total slaughtering.

You can still watch the program on the website if anyones interested.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/default.stm

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[mr2mk1g 10]

Voted already. Had to chose between a party who will never win, and two others who want to do everything exactly the same but use slightly different shades of paperwork. pffft!

You guys get far too excited over politicians. If things can't be done with a little bit of decorum they're not worth doing.

[dropoutdave 0]

Hahahaha.

It reminds me of that South Park episode where they have to vote for the douche or the turd.

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[SkydivingNurse 0]

Damn Labor Party!!!
I have no idea what that means, but hey, hope you guys across the pond have a good go at it.

[Newbie 0]

Politicians are worse than lawyers, but only just

Seriously, you summed it up pretty much right there. I can't stand politicians for the most part - in my lifetime i have not yet seen of one who is out for anything more than self/party interest and is truly in touch with the electorates needs and wants. It's a shame when voting is choosing the lesser of two evils, but i guess that's the falacy of a (almost) 2 party system.

"Skydiving is a door"
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[PurpleBadger 0]

when i was studying politics one of the first things out of the teachers mouth was 'in an election it's not the most popular person who wins, just the least unpopular' i think this election sums that up!

but we can at least HOPE that this election will return our country to a functional two party system where the opposition parties have enough seats to be able to cause some trouble... but then i always have been an optimist

[jakee 1,489]

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Voted already. Had to chose between a party who will never win, and two others who want to do everything exactly the same but use slightly different shades of paperwork. pffft!

Already voted for the party who'll never win. However, all they have to do is take my constituency and the opposition will need a new shadow chancellor

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[shropshire 0]

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Already voted for the party who'll never win

- Yeap, same here... I'm in a really safe Blue country (John Major's stomping-all-over-us-ground).. My thinking was that by voting LIbDem, my vote will at least be counted, so their stats start to look better year on year. If you dont vote in a safe seat, it just looks like apathy.
Also, anything that I can do to make the slimmey bastard [TB]'s life a bit more unpleasant, the better

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Jill_UK 0]

yeh i went for the party that won't win as well lol, and similarly i'm in blue country- so my vote means nothing... first past the post rules!

[dingley 0]

I'm another. My neighbours will vote in a tory boy, and I couldn't bring myself to vote for Tony's version of Labour. PR's never seemed so attractive, has it.

[Skyrad 0]

LOL... Now you understand why we get so frustrated with all the blurb that goes on for months before your elections. most of us over here really couldn't care one way or another. Its a two party race and at the moment they are basicly the same as far as policies go. I actualy forgot the election was today until a couple of days ago when someone mentioned it on the radio. None of them are worth voting for.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[Dazzle 0]

I actually live in a marginal seat but couldn't get back from work in time to vote

Hope it doesn't end up by 1 vote here

[mr2mk1g 10]

Well! Labour's won a historic third term; well done to them. It's interesting to see however that they have done so with the lowest ever share of the overal vote of any government in history. Apparently the 36% share of votes that labour got is a historic low... now I wonder why people wanted to give Tony a bloody nose?

That said they still have a workable majority in the House of Commons... but after loosing over 100 seats, gone are they days when they can railroad whatever legislation they want through the house.