Berberis Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Whatever happened to fixed 5 year Government terms ? Another U-turn ? :-/ The 5 year term stops leaders from hanging on after this time, eg, Brown. Its not a minimum, its a maximum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutch Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 At the moment I am reading an interesting book about the manipulations of government and the left right swings and influences it has on economy. It is about the American system but explains well why things happen a certain way here as well. Government is often run by a bunch of mental crackpots. The more common they look the worse it gets. Characters like corbyn are not supposed to get through the system or get a chance, his intentions are authentic but even as PM it will be a tough one in this crackpot system, party members love him but party MP are divided. No matter what happens it will have both advantages and disadvantages either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spilldig Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 What always amuses me is that a lot of people use a postal vote and the dirty tricks campaigns always come out after people have sent thier votes in. Same with referendums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentP Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Looking forward to those threads. That's because you're sad in wanting things to go wrong for that very reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Looking forward to those threads. Which hopefully, the mods will see fit to bung collectively in 'I'm Bored' where they rightfully belong. There are now around fourteen separate threads about this daft voting competition which is thirteen (or fourteen) too many in my view. A step by step autopsy on who 'won' what is totally unnecessary tittle-tattle. I've already voted by putting my voting ticket in the black ballot box (with wheels) just outside my kitchen door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Yes, the same few people will be writing the same things. The ones who shout 'divide and conquer' are generally the ones dividing! However, they cannot be stopped because whatever happens it will be a 'disaster'. If Tory win and Brexit goes wrong: Brexiters and Nasty tory fault If Tory win and Brexit goes well: The Tory stole Labours ideas If Labour win and Brexit goes wrong: Nothing Labour could do as the brexiters caused the damage already If Labour win and Brexit goes well: No thanks to brexiters and Nasty Torys. There'll be these threads whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Whatever happened to fixed 5 year Government terms ? Another U-turn ? :-/ The fixed term parliament act was David Camerons thing. It serves no purpose whatsoever and needs doing away with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Has anyone else noticed the 'vote for x (where x is the party I'm voting for) or else the world will end and it will be your fault' type posts on Facebook? Yep, the campaign has been fought very poorly on FB this time. Never seen such ignornance or hate. They call the Tories the Nasty Party but I've seen many Labour supporters post lots of racist and offensive bile, especially the c word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 That's because you're sad in wanting things to go wrong for that very reason. Don't attack me personally. Thanks. No I fully expect a lot of the warnings to come true. And when those things do happen we need to point them out and point back to previous warnings. In doing so hopefully it's a small step towards avoiding the same mistakes in the future. Don't misunderstand, I'd love for everything to improve for people. I don't want things to get worse. ---------- Post added 08-06-2017 at 11:33 ---------- Which hopefully, the mods will see fit to bung collectively in 'I'm Bored' where they rightfully belong. There are now around fourteen separate threads about this daft voting competition which is thirteen (or fourteen) too many in my view. A step by step autopsy on who 'won' what is totally unnecessary tittle-tattle. I've already voted by putting my voting ticket in the black ballot box (with wheels) just outside my kitchen door. You don't have to read any thread you're not interested in. You know that right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy1976 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Yep, the campaign has been fought very poorly on FB this time. Never seen such ignornance or hate. They call the Tories the Nasty Party but I've seen many Labour supporters post lots of racist and offensive bile, especially the c word. I completely agree with this. I've seen people calling their friends some hideous names over the past weeks, just for having differing political views. We have freedom to choose who we vote for, a freedom a lot of countries don't have. That should be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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