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Why the Tories Won
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IveSeenTheLight wrote: »something clearly said in jest
Well, everyone had a right good belly laugh when the Conservatives achieved a majority!I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
IveSeenTheLight wrote: »LOL, good one.
SNP return an unprecedented MAJORITY vote in Scotland securing 56 seats and the parties that capitulated cannot take responsibility.
No you missed the thrust of what I meant, though to be fair my post could have been clearer.
Labour were probably never going to get more seats than the Tories, even had they won every seat in Scotland, but the fact that the Conservatives scraped over to a majority was in all probability due to the boastful blather from Sturgeon et al, that they would lock them out, that they would have Labour dancing to their tune and so on and so forth, let alone the profligate spending policy they wanted to (and still do poor misguided souls) on the rest of us.
Hence more votes for the Tories and a Conservative majority..Union, not Disunion
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No you missed the thrust of what I meant, though to be fair my post could have been clearer.
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As usual ISTL is trying to argue with 17 different people on 5 different threads, two of whom are Clappers..................so expecting him to keep track of what is going on is tough.'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'0 -
The SNP are just spinning to shift the "blame", the SNP did help the Tories scrape a majority; not that I'm complaining, the country can make some progress now.
Absolutely, lest we forget, the SNP helped provide the Gov. that the UK needed. So they are not all bad.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 -
IveSeenTheLight wrote: »SNP return an unprecedented MAJORITY vote in Scotland securing 56 seats and the parties that capitulated cannot take responsibility.
On a one policy ticket. Voting in a 20 year old student as an MP shows that it mattered little who stood for the SNP. Though time will now judge a number of them and their capabilities. In order to demonstrate that they are indeed little more than puppets being pulled along on a tide of optimism.0 -
Thrugelmir wrote: »On a one policy ticket. Voting in a 20 year old student as an MP shows that it mattered little who stood for the SNP. Though time will now judge a number of them and their capabilities. In order to demonstrate that they are indeed little more than puppets being pulled along on a tide of optimism.
I must admit that I don't know anything about this young MP, she could be a star of the future (like William Hague was, he was also very prominent when he was even younger than 20). But I tell you what, I'd be willing to bet that she doesn't do as well as Hague in her political career, any takers?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 -
chucknorris wrote: »I'd be willing to bet that she doesn't do as well as Hague in her political career, any takers?
I can't answer that as I have got exactly zero idea what skills someone needs to succeed as an MP and/or politician.I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
chucknorris wrote: »I must admit that I don't know anything about this young MP, she could be a star of the future (like William Hague was, he was also very prominent when he was even younger than 20). But I tell you what, I'd be willing to bet that she doesn't do as well as Hague in her political career, any takers?
Hague was even voted in as an MP until aged 28.0 -
gadgetmind wrote: »I can't answer that as I have got exactly zero idea what skills someone needs to succeed as an MP and/or politician.
Yes, very hard to define (and some joker will be along in a minute saying things like dishonesty etc.). But I'd rather have my money on Hague than that SNP MP (no offence intended, history might prove me wrong).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 -
Obviously I know that, but did you mean 'wasn't even'? If so, my response is that he was extremely prominent in the young Tories. Don't you remember him being on national tv as a teenager, giving a speech at the Tory conference? Hague's potential was known very early, in fact, many might argue that he didn't achieve his perceived potential. But hey, I am happy to take your bet? Do you really rate her that much?Thrugelmir wrote: »Hague was even voted in as an MP until aged 28.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
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