Sick Boy
Super Moderator
It really is staggering the impact a posh accent has upon the cap doffers.
It really is staggering the impact a posh accent has upon the cap doffers.Agree, but then we also have fridge hiding, phone taking, I paint buses and put them in crates, Johnson.
Neither are fit to be in government are they?
In the end I voted Tory
*shocked gasps*
Really? That has come as such a massive shock to me and I imagine everybody on the board
I'm seeing pictures of huge queues with lots of young people in the queues which is apparently go ing the Tories cause for concern
However, a lot of the photos don't state where they were taken. They could already be safe Labour seats.
I had to put the country before personal gain in the end
I'm seeing pictures of huge queues with lots of young people in the queues which is apparently go ing the Tories cause for concern
However, a lot of the photos don't state where they were taken. They could already be safe Labour seats.
Didn't realise you were American
TBH I wouldn't put it past any of the parties (although one in particular springs to mind) in future to 'booth block' - send people in and just take ages filling in the form. Is there any actual stipulated time limit you can spend in the voting booth? Can the polling station officer actually kick you out before you've filled your ballot paper in?
I'm seeing pictures of huge queues with lots of young people in the queues which is apparently go ing the Tories cause for concern
However, a lot of the photos don't state where they were taken. They could already be safe Labour seats.
At what point did I say this is the option for me? I went into the booth today stuck between two options both of which I found far from ideal, but I still picked one.
More than that, I had spent quite a few days wondering if I should vote for a party I didn't really want to at all just in case it let in another party I didn't want even more. In the end I decided not because otherwise I'm voting because of what I definitely don't want rather than what I actually do want and that is fucking depressing.
People have every right to do so if they wish but all each of those votes does is marginalise the minor parties so the two main parties don't need to ask how good they can or need to be, just don't be as bad as the other lot - that is a poor fucking state of affairs to be in.
What's more, even if someone does decide to run we work on a constituency basis so at most you're going to be appealing to a very small number of people rather than a nationwide audience. Even if by some absolute miracle you got in on a broad manifesto (virtually all independent MP's are returned due to one local issue) what then? They've still only got one vote out of 650 in the commons and not party whips or whatever to drum up support for their proposals. It's like pissing in the sea - no-one will notice and it's already full of shit anyway.
My main issue in this election, and become increasingly so over the last few, is not the policies but the tone of the campaigning. The lies, bullshit, misinformation and bad blood from all sides. How does voting for any of them encourage that to change?
If the Tories win, as is most likely, and given the same tactics got Trump in in the US, all we're going to see is that escalating in future. There might be a party you think have conducted themselves well throughout the campaign but disagree with their policies - what then? Do you vote for them because of the way they presented themselves even though you know you're going to hate what they actually do?
The only way that will change is to have a choice ON THE BALLOT so the public en masse can show their dissatisfaction with the way politics overall is conducting itself. How else can the entire country turn round and say "we're fed up of all your bullshit" and make this shitfest clean up their act?
*rant ends*
I’ve just got back from my local polling station and it was definitely the busiest I’ve seen it for a General Election. Sadly not swamped with youth, I was the youngest person there that was voting.
I’ve just got back from my local polling station and it was definitely the busiest I’ve seen it for a General Election. Sadly not swamped with youth, I was the youngest person there that was voting.
I had to put the country before personal gain in the end
gaz nev and carra
I’ve just got back from my local polling station and it was definitely the busiest I’ve seen it for a General Election. Sadly not swamped with youth, I was the youngest person there that was voting.
Just got out of bed I reckon.Probably expected though. End of working day. I think students would’ve gone throughout the day
Ultimately that's what it comes down to.
In theory, if Labour win, all working class people will be well off in a few months. I doubt it very much...
I hadn’t but maybe some of them had. It’s a social hall that’s part of a sheltered accommodation complex.Sure you hadn't wandered in to the bingo by mistake?!
Just got out of bed I reckon.
I hadn’t but maybe some of them had. It’s a social hall that’s part of a sheltered accommodation complex.
Just got out of bed I reckon.
Reports of students in Southampton and Cardiff being turned away despite being registered to vote. Seems legit as both universities have posted on social media to say they have contacted the electoral commission with their concerns.I've changed addresses recently, so turned up at my old polling station in case I was registered there, its a massive student area in Bournemouth (West I think) and lots of students about the polling station.
I must have done the wrong course, I had lectures starting at 7am when I went!Just got out of bed I reckon.
Oi dickhead, I used to get up at 4pm.
Just got out of bed I reckon.
Has anyone had their opinion changed by what's on social media ?
I don't do Facebook, twitter etc so I don't really know what is put on there.
Oooh look at you Mr. Early Bird.......
Oi dickhead, I used to get up at 4pm.
Reports of students in Southampton and Cardiff being turned away despite being registered to vote. Seems legit as both universities have posted on social media to say they have contacted the electoral commission with their concerns.
I must have done the wrong course, I had lectures starting at 7am when I went!
Reports of students in Southampton and Cardiff being turned away despite being registered to vote. Seems legit as both universities have posted on social media to say they have contacted the electoral commission with their concerns.
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