Alex 30904 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 No comment from our resident political behemoth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20210 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 tories are coming under pressure from the right this week. and will come under pressure from the left very shortly too (for once). watch this space but this will end up being a challenging political week for cameron ahead of the election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14165 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 https://twitter.com/_Pandy/status/513013708466184193/photo/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3652 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Political situation getting a bit out of hand in the country. Opposition party up in arms about alleged rigging the elections last year. People in power have a history of corruption and have recently taken to violence to handle the protesters. 15 people killed in a demonstration not too long ago with not even a police case being registered against those responsible. Obviously that worsened the situation. So now there's this sit in planned in the capital on Thursday. Hundreds of thousands expected to attend and the opposition parties have already stated there will be no negotiations till the PM resigns. Government has already blocked most roads. Containers all over the place and the city is expected to be completely sealed any time. Protesters claim they will remain peaceful but will remove obstacles if stopped, with whats already happened, chances of violence are way too much for anyone's liking. Plus if this thing stretches fuel shortages etc will occur before too long. Meanwhile the all powerful army's sending messages to God knows who by constantly flying fighter jets and helicopters at low altitudes. (including at 1am last night scaring the shite out of half the city). Cant a man ask for a couple of months of freakin stability in this place? Posted this a while back. Well day 38 and its still going strong in spite of tear gas, arrests, baton charges etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9285 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I've not seen this reported yet. But I'm fairly self involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14165 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/21/scottish-referendum-massive-voter-turnout-means-politics-changed-for-ever View our political landscape through the eyes of a 16-year-old and see how cumbersome and frankly barking mad it now looks. It's not just the men and women in massive rosettes standing outside brick scout huts every couple of years collecting polling cards. It's the whole show. In a world where we can now source anything online, download anything we want to see from any country in the world, and where we can pick and choose individual tracks, whatever programme, whichever individual item we need from whatever outlet – in this complete shopping basket world, they must be asking why on earth they're being forced to pick one party and its entire list of policies, rather than their own playlist of ideas. It simply doesn't make any kind of sense. It is no surprise that even though we're one of the most stable societies in the world and one of its most uncorrupt, we feel massively disconnected from the discourse of those we elect. They speak differently, they gesture unlike anyone in real life, they move from politics degree to parliamentary membership in the time it takes to wire a plug. Their speech patterns, their unhesitating use of phrases such as "raft of initiatives" and "sustainability clusters" fails to penetrate human ears. Politicians have trapped themselves in their own speech bubble. The policies they formulate don't feel like they've come from any ordinary discussion. Hard to disagree with the sentiment; harder to agree with the optimism of the piece as a whole, sadly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bictor 0 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) in this complete shopping basket world, they must be asking why on earth they're being forced to pick one party and its entire list of policies, rather than their own playlist of ideas. It simply doesn't make any kind of sense. I actually really like that, in theory. Every party makes their manifesto and people vote on the policies. Labour education policy, Conservative economic policy, etc. A ton of practical issues that I can think of, but it sounds nice. Labour get shadowed by Lib Dems on education, Conservatives shadowed by Labour on the economy. PM is from the party with the most overall policy votes. Edited September 21, 2014 by Bictor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Can't we just have an app and vote for stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted September 21, 2014 Author Share Posted September 21, 2014 Yes it's general election season. Labour in first with the bribes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4021 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 What does more good - giving a lot of people a few quid or giving a few people a shed load they can't and won't spend but they need to compensate for their sociopathically tiny penises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3652 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 I've not seen this reported yet. But I'm fairly self involved. Probably wont be. Because the guy behind all this is in favor of cutting off Western involvement in the region. The Egypt protests got massive coverage when it suddenly became fashionable to get rid of Mubarak. I've heard this is being portrayed abroad as some kind of conspiracy against democracy. Rubbish. This dwarfs Tehrir Square quite easily. The above pic was from the Capital. The one below is today from Karachi. Other cities are getting involved too. And its been 38 consecutive days now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14165 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Yes it's general election season. Labour in first with the bribes And not even a particularly good one. An £8 minimum wage by 2020, by which time inflation will have eaten up most of the difference. Cheers. Although I suppose even a commitment to maintaining the status quo is better than anything that will be offered elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14165 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 And not even a particularly good one. An £8 minimum wage by 2020, by which time inflation will have eaten up most of the difference. Cheers. Although I suppose even a commitment to maintaining the status quo is better than anything that will be offered elsewhere. It's all thinktanks innit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9285 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 "Terrist" I also like that the "asshole" has been hidden by folds; apt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9285 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Why are those on the right so bad at satire and political humour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14165 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Jay and Simon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ 0 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Red Ed is already bordering on unelectable. Their flagship economic policies set out at the conference are looking like a repeat of 1992. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9285 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Jay and Simon? Haha Well played Mister Faulkner, well played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Jay and Simon? Fuck me so bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Red Ed is already bordering on unelectable. Their flagship economic policies set out at the conference are looking like a repeat of 1992. He is so fucking boring it's unreal. Even his own shadow cabinet were struggling to stay awake. Labour should appoint one of the very decent women they have available. Also concerned that Ed is getting browner everyday. Subbed bashing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14165 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Fuck me so bad Lube up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Lube up! You couldn't handle this booty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14165 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 You couldn't handle this booty Its jelly-like consistency might indeed pose handling issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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