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Who will win the UK election ?
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I've always seen Status Quo as the Liberal Party rock group.
Slade would be Labour.
In Mr Cameron's head the Conservatives are Guns n Roses (but we may not agree).
And what of the SNP? Easy - Bay City Rollers. Loads of Tartan. Bit of a fad popular amongst easily influenced youngsters. Stuck in the 70s.
The reality is pollies are all a bit sad and yet trying to be trendy.
I reckon Labour are Elvis in the fat junkie years. Used to be mould breaking but now are just relying on old fans and their kids.
UKIP are solo Sid Vicious. Smashed all the time and shouting incoherently.
The Greens are one of those 70s concept bands. So full of themselves but ultimately crap.
The Tories are the opera. Actually pretty good but everyone hates it.
The Lib Dems are like the S Club. Bland, pointless and nothing like as popular as they were.
The SNP are like one of those garage punk bands. Inexplicably popular for a short period before falling back into obscurity.
PC are one of those mid-80s indie bands. Nobody's heard of them, nobody cares about them.0 -
The Tories are the opera. Actually pretty good but everyone hates it.
During a (failed) night out to appreciate some culture, we (a group from our office) went to the opera, I think that it was the Magic Flute. There was a scene where someone was being tortured, but he was resisting confessing. I got some very stern looks, when I said that they should have just made him watch this opera.Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0 -
The reality is pollies are all a bit sad and yet trying to be trendy.
I reckon Labour are Elvis in the fat junkie years. Used to be mould breaking but now are just relying on old fans and their kids.
UKIP are solo Sid Vicious. Smashed all the time and shouting incoherently.
The Greens are one of those 70s concept bands. So full of themselves but ultimately crap.
The Tories are the opera. Actually pretty good but everyone hates it.
The Lib Dems are like the S Club. Bland, pointless and nothing like as popular as they were.
The SNP are like one of those garage punk bands. Inexplicably popular for a short period before falling back into obscurity.
PC are one of those mid-80s indie bands. Nobody's heard of them, nobody cares about them.
Nobody has a monopoly on good music.
Nobody has a monopoly on good political ideas.
If I was offered a grand coallition with the mainstream parties I would probably take it right now.
It gives the politicians nowhere to hide. If the majority are involved the standard excuse of "it was that lot's fault" becomes harder to use.0 -
chucknorris wrote: »During a (failed) night out to appreciate some culture, we (a group from our office) went to the opera, I think that it was the Magic Flute. There was a scene where someone was being tortured, but he was resisting confessing. I got some very stern looks, when I said that they should have just made him watch this opera.
I see your mistake
As a Noob, I think you should start with Puccini.
La Boheme or Madame Butterfly.
La Boheme is the more obvious choice - it involves destitute French. What's not to like?0 -
TheBlueHorse wrote: »the thought of millipede and sturgeon governing us, with Balls as chancellor makes most normal people want to kill themselves.
For the love of common sense, vote Tory. They are trash, but much better than the other lot.
That should be their election slogan.
"Tories, we're useless garbage, but still MUCH better than the other jokers"
If the Two party system is failing with neither party believed to be good for the electorate, why not consider an alternative option and have a rainbow government.
It's most likely to ensure that a more centralised outcome is given from the government as each act needs to be factored and agreed across the benches.:wall:
What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
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Because it leads to massive instability: if you can't push through your budget you can't pay for anything, can't raise taxes and can't retain a government.
Which leads to the minority government party potentially having to either step down, or give concessions to a tertiary party in order to get over the line.
"Do this and we support your budget, don't and your government falls" - suddenly whoever holds the last 1% of seats holds more power than those who hold 49.5% each. Obviously the larger party can just decline, but then their major opponent gets in.
A parliament with issue-based voting works find on individual issues and is actually fairly democratic in the way it represents the nation (as made up of constituencies), but it just can't be held together under the UK system.
So we end up either handing disproportionate power to a party with a relatively small percentage of seats, or with constant instability in government. And an unstable government is very bad for everyone."You did not pull yourself up by your bootstraps. You were lucky enough to come of age at a time when housing was cheap, welfare was generous, and inflation was high enough to wipe out any debts you acquired. I’m pleased for you, but please stop being so unbearably smug about it."0 -
Nobody has a monopoly on good music.
Nobody has a monopoly on good political ideas.
If I was offered a grand coallition with the mainstream parties I would probably take it right now.
It gives the politicians nowhere to hide. If the majority are involved the standard excuse of "it was that lot's fault" becomes harder to use.
So Fat Junkie Elvis fronting S Club singing Tosca. Crivens.0 -
Which leads to the minority government party potentially having to either step down, or give concessions to a tertiary party in order to get over the line.
A parliament with issue-based voting works find on individual issues and is actually fairly democratic in the way it represents the nation (as made up of constituencies), but it just can't be held together under the UK system.
In Scotland there was a minority government between 2007 - 2011 and they had to work hard to get concensus amongst the parties.
The following election, they achieved an overall majority in a system which we designed for no party to get a majority.
There nothing to say a Conservative or Labour minority government could not work and in the long term be good for British politics and the electorate:wall:
What we've got here is....... failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach.
:wall:0
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