General Election

Any amusing constituency names come up for people yet?

I've just seen that there's going to be an MP elected for "Down South". I know it's meaning County Down, but I like the idea that somewhere there's one called "Up North" as well.

 

As a great poet in the 80s wrote, it doesn't matter who you vote for, the government wins. (That might get a laugh from OLM - NO Maggie Thatcher, NO GOVERNMENT, OI!).

The MPs make the odd decision, no doubt, possibly even drive major policy, but Yes Minister was probably closer to the truth than most people care to admit. The Whitehall mandarins and civil servants have more to do in the actual running of the country.

 

Sorry I completely disagree. Have read reams of information about fracking I don't view the negative effects that are factual to be merely 'propoganda' and neither do I think it's essential that we scar our landscape, and risk untold environmental damage, trying to squeeze the last fossil fuels from our landmass. The economic benefits would be felt be the few not the many btw.

We should be putting all of our efforts, investment and focus into renewables, given you're patently involved in the petrochemical industry I no doubt think you'll disagree, but the resources we're talking about are piddling in comparsion to the long term needs of our country and fracking merely postpones the inevitable, we should face that reality head on now and find practical and sustainable energy sources that will provide what we need for hundreds of years to come, not a decade or so.

 

Don't know about you, but if I went on holiday for 6 weeks in one shot then somebody else would need to do it for me whilst I'm away. During our busy times if I'm out the office for more than a couple of days at a time someone needs to either do bits of my job or problems start occuring. That's why in most places they don't let all the staff in one department take time off at the same time. MPs can have all 650 of them go off on holiday and nobody needs to step in and do anything about it.

Before someone says teachers get loads of time off, you notice the kids everywhere during their holidays.

 

No.

 

I don't deny the negative effects of fracking, far from it, but they are greatly exaggerated in comparison to the negative effects of various industries which enable us to live the lives we are accustomed to. The fact that it's new and different greatly exaggerate these effects and cause people to form strong opinions.

Whilst I work in the petrochemical industry, fracking would not impact my professional career at all, in fact it would probably detract from it.

I completely agree that money and time needs to be invested into renewables, but they are so inefficient that a long term strategy would require use to maintain our current fossil fuel dependance before we can feasibly replace it with renewable sources.

 

We should have a poll for that.

 

An endoscopy stick?

 

If all are away and no decisions are being made then no-one needs to be there to represent their opinion.

If you think those 6 weeks are essentially 'time off' then your mistaken, most are still doing valuable work to ensure their constituency has their voices heard.

 

Seems to be going rather well so far.
As long as no blacks, Jews, people off OPE or Muslims have posted on my thread it'll be fine...

Anyways the Conservatives will win by 42 seats. All this sideshow about Labour and the SNP is a load of bollocks.
Cleggs going to get wiped out.

True story i was working in Cambridgeshire during the last election with a woman who was a Lib councillor. She was absolutely over the moon and then heartbroken when they broke all their promises to get their grubby mitts on power.
Truly sad watching her disintegrate. I didnt take the piss








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Ha! I voted on Tuesday . . . for city council, school board, and community college trustees. These are the folks that have more affect on the everyday lives of we Americans than the POTUS, but less than 1% can name who represents them, and go out and vote.

 

Aye, the teaboy is royally ****ed this time round.

 

Never mind the LDs being wiped out, there was talk last week of Clegg not even winning his own seat unless something changed.

Gordon Brown could be out as well. Last time round he got about 30,000 votes to the SNP candidate getting less than 7,000. A poll last week predicted a big enough swing for the SNP to knock him out this time.

 

I think you forgot that I am an American. Most of our voting happens in November with some exceptions like Tex's voting on Tuesday.

 

Labour are going to lose quite a chunk of what they have north of the wall.

And before anyone mentions it, I'm on about Hadrian's Wall, not this one:

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Thought he was stepping down?

 

A points-based immigration policy would be fair and sensible; judging people on skills, qualifications and work ethic rather than their country of origin. The current system discriminates in favour of Europeans and against those who are not from the EU. It's important to control immigration but it's important to do it fairly. The EU was good when it was just a trade agreement but now it's too bureaucratic.