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I am still regulary astonished that some people I view as generally similar to myself hold quite different political opinions. I guess personal experience in some small way influences how we view such things. Others that I would catogorise as different (locality, employement type, income group, education etc). would state exactly what I was thinking or would largely agree with what I said.
Bizarre
Fuck them Eton pig fuckers.
Wiz'd.
What really changes? Not much on a day-to-day basis And I can't call myself a right or left-winger because I don't agree with all their respective policies. Apart from actively disliking the majority of politicians, I don't HATE any of them. Actually, I don't hate anyone, that's too strong a word.
Reading some of the above posts almost makes a case for unelected specialists to influence law making (I think we call it the house of Lords). The only time the 'house' seems to come together is when we do a bit of sabre rattling at some bad guys in foreign parts.
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For example, the Lib Dems maybe in favour of the EU (like Cameron) and of free enterprise, but in coalition with the Tories they would defend the NHS and education. People who like some Tory polices but are worried about the NHS could vote Lib Dem. This is simplistic example to make a point but this is what happens in other countries like Germany. We may have to get use to coalitions and tactical voting.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
What happened to the Lib Dems makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Tony Blair and New Labour were never punished by the electorate for introducing tuition fees, and the Conservatives were never punished by the electorate for maintaining them.
So we're left with the idea that the Lib Dems get punished for enabling horrible Tory policies...except the Conservative vote actually increased. WTF?
It almost makes sense if you think the backlash was for saying they'll do one thing and actually doing another, except every single government in living memory has backtracked on its manifesto pledges and not been wiped out for doing so.
As well as compromising on a lot of other things which they shouldn't have and didn't need to. Which is why many of us who supported them for many years or even decades will have great reluctance to ever trust them again. That and the fact that I don't like Farron, and think he would be even more useless than Clegg.
I find it very worrying that the majority of people seem to not understand that most governments in this country do not have a true democratic mandate. The current "majority" Tory government was voted in by only 37% of even the electorate who did vote. Dictatorship by the largest active minority, basically.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein