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Post by Big Lin on Feb 17, 2009 19:52:19 GMT
Found this on another forum - had to post it!
GORDON BROWN IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WORK.
HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL FACTORIES.
HE RESTORETH MY FAITH IN THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
HE GUIDETH ME IN THE PATH OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
YEA, THOUGH I WAIT FOR MY DOLE,
I OWN THE BANK THAT REFUSES ME.
BROWN HAS ANNOINTED MY INCOME WITH TAXES,
MY EXPENSES RUNNETH OVER MY INCOME,
SURELY, POVERTY AND HARD LIVING WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF HIS TERM.
FROM HENCEFORTH WE WILL LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES IN A RENTED HOME WITH AN OVERSEAS LANDLORD.
I AM GLAD I AM BRITISH,
I AM GLAD I AM FREE.
BUT I WISH I WERE A DOG
AND BROWN WAS A TREE.
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 18, 2009 11:53:23 GMT
Good old Gordon Mugabe... AH
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Post by chefmate on Feb 18, 2009 13:24:26 GMT
I have to seriously ask as I have not kept up on politics.......is he your Prime Minister?
sounds like the incompetent fools we have running our govenment
all right, I checked....Prime Minister
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Post by Big Lin on Feb 18, 2009 14:15:39 GMT
I have to seriously ask as I have not kept up on politics.......is he your Prime Minister? sounds like the incompetent fools we have running our govenment all right, I checked....Prime Minister Yes, he is, Chris. We've had worse but we've had better. I think he's got a few more brain cells than Bush (not hard, admittedly) but he just seems to be totally out of touch with reality!
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Post by chefmate on Feb 18, 2009 14:25:46 GMT
I have to seriously ask as I have not kept up on politics.......is he your Prime Minister? sounds like the incompetent fools we have running our govenment all right, I checked....Prime Minister Yes, he is, Chris. We've had worse but we've had better. I think he's got a few more brain cells than Bush (not hard, admittedly) but he just seems to be totally out of touch with reality! aren't they all? maybe if they got back to doing the will of the people we could improve things but have my doubts Now I see Obama wants more troops in Afghanistan
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 18, 2009 14:42:42 GMT
He's not a legitimate prime minister, because no British people ever voted for him...Adolf Hitler and Robert Mugabe got more legitimate votes than this pathetic waster. >thumbs down<
AH
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Post by chefmate on Feb 18, 2009 15:45:01 GMT
So he filled the vacancy created when Tony Blair left?
When are the elections to put in the person you really want?
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 18, 2009 15:59:31 GMT
Hi Chefy... So he filled the vacancy created when Tony Blair left? When are the elections to put in the person you really want? Yes, there wasn't even an inner party leadership vote, this deal was done between Blair and Brown a long time ago. Our general election must be called before June 2010 (by law)...and this lot are going be ejected from power for a long time (not that the Tories are much better than Labour, but they can't be any worse). AH
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Post by chefmate on Feb 18, 2009 16:14:24 GMT
Hi Chefy... So he filled the vacancy created when Tony Blair left? When are the elections to put in the person you really want? Yes, there wasn't even an inner party leadership vote, this deal was done between Blair and Brown a long time ago. Our general election must be called before June 2010 (by law)...and this lot are going be ejected from power for a long time (not that the Tories are much better than Labour, but they can't be any worse). AH I can see my future for this evening to spend some time reading about tories and labour and see what is going on with your government. I'm sorry no one had a chance to make this appointment; just doesn't seem fair
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 18, 2009 20:49:13 GMT
Hi Chefy... So he filled the vacancy created when Tony Blair left? When are the elections to put in the person you really want? Yes, there wasn't even an inner party leadership vote, this deal was done between Blair and Brown a long time ago. Our general election must be called before June 2010 (by law)...and this lot are going be ejected from power for a long time (not that the Tories are much better than Labour, but they can't be any worse). AH i guess that it's safe to assume that you weren't a big fan of tony's. of course, tony was elected. i think that your beef should still be with tony, but, you have to give him credit. rats always leave a sinking ship
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 18, 2009 20:51:34 GMT
Hi Chefy... Yes, there wasn't even an inner party leadership vote, this deal was done between Blair and Brown a long time ago. Our general election must be called before June 2010 (by law)...and this lot are going be ejected from power for a long time (not that the Tories are much better than Labour, but they can't be any worse). AH I can see my future for this evening to spend some time reading about tories and labour and see what is going on with your government. I'm sorry no one had a chance to make this appointment; just doesn't seem fair their government isn't like ours. their's is a parliamentary system,and just as is the case with israel, they form coalition governments
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Post by riotgrrl on Feb 18, 2009 22:22:24 GMT
I can see my future for this evening to spend some time reading about tories and labour and see what is going on with your government. I'm sorry no one had a chance to make this appointment; just doesn't seem fair their government isn't like ours. their's is a parliamentary system,and just as is the case with israel, they form coalition governments Eh . . not at the UK level. First past the post voting system means that there has never been a coalition Govt at Westminster, and very few minority Govts. Not that democratic, as a Govt can be formed with a minority of the popular vote, but it produces stable, non-coalition govts. Of course, the picture is different for the various national parliaments within the uk where PR is used, and coalition/minority Govts are common.
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Post by Big Lin on Feb 18, 2009 22:23:13 GMT
Not quite true, Jim. Only on the rare occasions when neither the Labour nor Conservative parties has a majority in Parliament do we get coalitions. Even then, they rarely last more than a year or two and they're never formal alliances like they are in some countries.
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Post by Patrick on Feb 19, 2009 11:33:31 GMT
Most people have been longing for a hung Parliament for the past two elections. We came very, very close to possibility that we could change to Proportional Representation four the main parliament voting system - Blair got a senior Liberal party member and one time cabinet minister Roy Jenkins to produce a study into the pros and cons. Then Blair got a 179 sear majority in Parliament - and changing the system didn't seem quite so important any more.
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Post by Patrick on Feb 19, 2009 11:35:56 GMT
He's not a legitimate prime minister, because no British people ever voted for him...Adolf Hitler and Robert Mugabe got more legitimate votes than this pathetic waster. >thumbs down< AH Some say he is "Labour's John Major".
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Post by trubble on Feb 20, 2009 9:36:20 GMT
He's not a legitimate prime minister, because no British people ever voted for him...Adolf Hitler and Robert Mugabe got more legitimate votes than this pathetic waster. >thumbs down< AH Now, Alph how many times do I have to explain this to you people? He was voted in by the British Public because you vote for a candidate and party and the party votes for a leader and you knew this when you voted because it's the system. So whomever is chosen as leader is the Prime Minister quite legitimately. And Tony said he would leave before the third term was up so you knew you would get a different leader. And everyone knew the most likely choice would be Brown. So everyone who voted Labour effectively voted for Brown unless they were eejits.
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 21, 2009 16:57:10 GMT
Not quite true, Jim. Only on the rare occasions when neither the Labour nor Conservative parties has a majority in Parliament do we get coalitions. Even then, they rarely last more than a year or two and they're never formal alliances like they are in some countries. i don't think that any political coalition is sustainable for an extended period of time. when you try to mix water and oil, you have a mixture for a moment, but it separates. as a rule, political parties mix even less well
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