Monkeys Fist 41318 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 to vote Ladies & Gents....... apathy is the death of democracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10429 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I thought Giant Space Monsters were the death of Democracy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3161 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I thought Giant Space Monsters were the death of Democracy? And here in lies why England is no longer a super power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41318 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 That too. Sooo Don't forget to vote Or Godzilla/Mothra etc will eat your house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 20416 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Hilariously long list of canidates in the Euro elections this morning. More than half are vehemently anti-europe, I hope this splits their vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29488 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 I honestly couldn't give a fuck, especially given the choice of candidates I have. Probably still vote though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15114 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 "apathy is the death of democracy" = "pls pls vote or the BNP will get in" It's a principle worth pursuing, but still... there's something faintly wrong about the whole affair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7058 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Who are YOU gonna send to the trough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41318 Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 "apathy is the death of democracy" = "pls pls vote or the BNP will get in" It's a principle worth pursuing, but still... there's something faintly wrong about the whole affair. In a nutshell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Sent my postal vote last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 (edited) Don't forget the clocks go back in October. EDIT: it's back, you stupid old twart. Edited June 4, 2009 by snakehips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 It's not apathy. Interest in politics is as high as it ever was. There's hardly been a front page in a month that hasn't featured a politician. People don't vote because there's no party they feel represents them that has a chance. Perhaps party politics should be consigned to history and government should be ran as a true democracy by elected individuals without aligiences so you get true proportional representation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 20416 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 It's not apathy. Interest in politics is as high as it ever was. There's hardly been a front page in a month that hasn't featured a politician. People don't vote because there's no party they feel represents them that has a chance. Perhaps party politics should be consigned to history and government should be ran as a true democracy by elected individuals without aligiences so you get true proportional representation. Aye, that would work just fine....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 It's not apathy. Interest in politics is as high as it ever was. There's hardly been a front page in a month that hasn't featured a politician. People don't vote because there's no party they feel represents them that has a chance. Perhaps party politics should be consigned to history and government should be ran as a true democracy by elected individuals without aligiences so you get true proportional representation. Aye, that would work just fine....... Sorted then. You do the paperwork, I'm going to sort out Palestine now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10429 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 It's not apathy. Interest in politics is as high as it ever was. There's hardly been a front page in a month that hasn't featured a politician. People don't vote because there's no party they feel represents them that has a chance. Perhaps party politics should be consigned to history and government should be ran as a true democracy by elected individuals without aligiences so you get true proportional representation. Getting elected should be because the people agree with your policies, not because you agree with theirs... if that makes any sense. All too often the MPs seem to pander to public opinion rather than striding out on their own. I know it's a tv show, but the West Wing does highlight how backwards politics are. They do polls to find out what the people say they want, and following that.... rather than leading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/11...t-paper-blunder UKIP voters 'too thick to unfold ballot paper' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Clicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15114 Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-news/11...t-paper-blunder UKIP voters 'too thick to unfold ballot paper' Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Who did you vote for? I voted for the green party. As good as spoiling my ballot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10429 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Spoiled mine, I voted Lib Dem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 BNP win their first seat... The British National Party (BNP) has won its first county council seat in Lancashire in the party's stronghold of Burnley. In the first three results to be announced from the count, the BNP won one seat on Lancashire County Council and the Liberal Democrats two seats. All six seats had been held by Labour since 2005. Three more results were still to come in. Burnley already has four BNP members who sit on the local borough council. The BNP's Sharon Wilkinson defeated Labour's Marcus Johnstone in the Padiham and Burnley West ward to gain her seat on the county council. In Burnley, with 11% of its 65,000 electorate from ethnic minorities, mainly Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities, the turnout was around 35% from the first three results, well down from the 2005 election turnout of 59.54%. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8085392.stm Damning turnout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4255 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I always thought the reason the NF seemed to be popular in the NE/among football fans in the early 80s was down to people not really having much experience of minorities with the NE being "whiter" than other urban areas. It's sad to see the BNP doing so well in areas where the opposite is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 20416 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Who did you vote for? I voted for the green party. As good as spoiling my ballot. Not really, it's PR and they already had two MEPs iirc. I fucking hate the Greens like, they're a bunch of dogmatic crettins who haven't got a clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I voted Green, despite the fact I quite like Jeremy Clarkson. It was more of a protest than 'owt else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 (edited) Who did you vote for? I voted for the green party. As good as spoiling my ballot. Not really, it's PR and they already had two MEPs iirc. I fucking hate the Greens like, they're a bunch of dogmatic crettins who haven't got a clue. Quite an "authoritative, arrogant assertion of an unproveable principle" there buddy....almost dogmatic. Edited June 5, 2009 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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