Snap Election

[The Basket]

Sounds painful.

What the point a that?

[Steve_God]

To take advantage of current strong public opinion in their (Labour) favor if they suspect that public opinion of them will not get any stronger, but only weaker if more time is left for the next election.


(I think...)

[barryrs]

The US has just announced a 0.5% cut in interest rates so I think Gordon will wait till a boost in the American economy starts to benefit the UK and the bank of England is in a position to cut interest rates here.

Gordon will then announce to the nation that he is our saviour and will cut interest rates so that we can all afford our mortgages again. :smt041

Snap election immediately follows and we are stuck with the bloke for 4 years. :smt021

[Flamin_Squirrel]

The US has just announced a 0.5% cut in interest rates so I think Gordon will wait till a boost in the American economy starts to benefit the UK and the bank of England is in a position to cut interest rates here.

Gordon will then announce to the nation that he is our saviour and will cut interest rates so that we can all afford our mortgages again. :smt041

Snap election immediately follows and we are stuck with the bloke for 4 years. :smt021

5 years :smt089

[barryrs]

Doh

[Filipe M.]

5 years :smt089

That should give you plenty of time to get yourself in a position to challenge him for the next election! ;)

[The Basket]

An election looks on for November.

What a pain in the ass.

If Gordon Brown loses...he will look like the worlds biggest eejit

[arenalife]

He knows Cameron looks a prize plonker now because he was a mirror of Blair and now he's gone he kinda looks a bit silly.

That's my deep political opinion anyway...

[Biker Biggles]

Deep opinion or shallow drivvle it matters not.I think you are right.:D

[Defender]

I see fuel tax is going up - a real vote winner heh!

If only we had a real alternative :(

[Ed]

I'd like a modern Lady Thatcher. But there isn't one.

[Biker Biggles]

The old LadyThatcher seems to like Gordon though.:)

Id like a living John Smith but we dont have one of them either.We seem to get the leaders that we are allowed by something more powerful than any of them.:cool:

[Pedrosa]

A new version of Thatcherism for sure is the answer to all of the U.K's ills.:rolleyes:

[Razor]

A new version of Thatcherism for sure is the answer to all of the U.K's ills.:rolleyes:


Pedro, judging by your new avatar, you need to stay out the sun.

Why did Margaret Thatcher wear barbed wire knickers?

[embee]

Don't forget folks, come next election time, Gordon F. Brown (guess what the "F" stands for) was personally responsible for what has happened to YOUR pension fund.

Anyone see the Dispatches programme on MP's expenses? Any of you surprised?

Thought not.

[Defender]

We've had Thatcher, Major, Blair and Gordon since 1979 - and we have the same, if not worse, problems.

Every issue which revolves around living in this country is one of despair. No wonder so many people are wanting to leave.

Yes I'm a cynic but also a realist and things aint getting better.

[MiniMatt]

We've had Thatcher, Major, Blair and Gordon since 1979 - and we have the same, if not worse, problems.

Every issue which revolves around living in this country is one of despair. No wonder so many people are wanting to leave.

Yes I'm a cynic but also a realist and things aint getting better.

I'm also a cynic and a realist but I have the opposite opinion :D Trust me, I'm the first to complain and I think there are a hell of a lot of things to complain about right now, but on balance I believe the country is a better place than it was in '79.

I was born in '75, so I didn't really experience pre-Thatcher britain, and the liberal lefty part of me hates me for saying this, but historical evidence would suggest she was the right leader for the time and left the country in a better state than she found it. Though she also demonised my (and everyone elses) perfectly good single mother and destroyed the mining industry.
But, toward the end of my schooling, and the end of Thatcher's tenure, unemployment was high and my job prospects looked fairly bleak. Interest rates were also sky high and people were trapped in negative equity.

Since then we've had relative economic stability, relative low interest rates, relatively high employment for such a long time people begin to think it's the norm. Now, politicians from any persuasion will tell you that this is down to their policies rather than global events, the truth is probably somewhat different. But I do believe that on balance, things are better than they were. There are certainly things to worry about (George Orwell being the most accurate fortune teller in history being one of them) but on balance I have far less things to worry about right now, I don't really worry about finding a job for a start. Oh, and just in case anyone fears for my liberal lefty values, no I think another Thatcher would be the worse thing for the country right now, my only worry is we've got one, only this time he wears a red tie.

It's a curious hypocricy of Daily Express headlines, one day they're spouting "the country's going down the pan, everyone's leaving" and the next they're claiming "floods of immigrants are coming to take advantage of our great nation, they must be stopped".

[MiniMatt]

Id like a living John Smith but we dont have one of them either.We seem to get the leaders that we are allowed by something more powerful than any of them.:cool:

Yeah, I'm with you there, John Smith could have been a good 'un. Possibly looking on the departed with rose tinted specs, but he struck me as intelligent, principled, honest and forthright. How on earth he got so far in politics is beyond me :D

[Biker Biggles]

Yes but he was tolerated only until he looked like he would be the next prime minister.As Labour leader facing a failing Tory government he was certainly going to win the impending election.Now I know he had a heart condition and died of a sudden heart attack,but oh how bloody convenient for the movers and shakers who knew he couldnt be bought off like the others?????

[The Basket]

no need for an election. just a waste of resources. and everyones time.

Brown has his mandate so get on with it.

[Razor]

I don't remember voting for Brown. I say put 'em up and duke it out!

[The Basket]

I don't remember voting for Brown. I say put 'em up and duke it out!
Yes but you voted on the Labour manifesto and that is that...not on personality.

[Razor]

Nope, didn't vote for those pseudo commie bastids neither.

[Ed]

Neither did I. In fact I never have.

[Biker Biggles]

Well somone must have voted for them at the last election or they wouldnt have a majority in parliament.Now come on who was it?Own up.

[MR UKI (1)]

I love elections, think their really exciting, especially the Swing-O-Meter! The first time I got to vote I was in the Tatton constituency and had the choice of Martin 'White Suit' Bell or Neil Hamilton. Remember the Battle on Knutsford Heath, it was ever so exciting!