Vote Tory! **** the common people

[rbrian]

Absolutely hilarious take on Pulp's Common People, even though I don't normally like covers.

There is some swearing, you have been warned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKFTtYx2OHc

[meic]

I was inclined to give Cameron the benefit of the doubt, afterall Labour changed their colour, why cant the Tories.

As the election campaign starts I can see some of the facts behind the spin.

So David was our greeny. What was his slogan, vote blue to be green?
Well the local leaflet came through the door with a big picture on the front of a windmill with a big red cross through it.

The young candidate in his new Land Rover, then in his DJ at a function with a very affluent looking lady.
He is a keen supporter of devolution for Wales.

He also makes 3 pledges about his conduct if he gets into office.
The first two about publishing his expenses and his voting record, well he has no choice about that!!
The third was he was going to work for us, I think that is vague enough.

However top of the agenda was of course.
Death to foxes.

I think they are genuinely in a different world to the rest of Wales.

The inheritance tax idea was sheer genius for their advertising campaign. All the large landowners have covered the roadside with posters as they own all the land.

[kwackers]

However top of the agenda was of course.
Death to foxes.

The solution is to give foxes the vote. Before you know it there'll be whole troops of Conservatives queueing up to promise free vet care and hen bribes.

[irc]

However top of the agenda was of course.
Death to foxes.

The solution is to give foxes the vote. Before you know it there'll be whole troops of Conservatives queueing up to promise free vet care and hen bribes.

Labour on the other hand just import their voters.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwes ... in-stupid/

[kwackers]

[hubgearfreak]

Labour on the other hand just import their voters.

haha, the torygraph really will write anything, and their readers believe it

when african dentists and such like who do get here to prop up the nhs, it's no wonder that they're unlikely to vote tory

[irc]

Labour on the other hand just import their voters.

haha, the torygraph really will write anything, and their readers believe it

when african dentists and such like who do get here to prop up the nhs, it's no wonder that they're unlikely to vote tory

but after 13 years of New Labour worker's paradise why can't we train our own dentists?

At least Gordon , as he kept telling us, abolished boom and bust. No wait! He didn't.

[Mick F]

Do you mean that New Labour didn't do what they said they were going to do?
Good grief! Politicians are all the same - just different colours.

Vote for change eh?
Who should we vote for? We don't want the Tories back do we? They made a mess of things too.

Why don't we have a real change?

[kwackers]

Do you mean that New Labour didn't do what they said they were going to do?
Good grief! Politicians are all the same - just different colours.

Vote for change eh?
Who should we vote for? We don't want the Tories back do we? They made a mess of things too.

Why don't we have a real change?

Proportional representation would be a nice change, those of us in 'safe' seats might actually get a voice then...

[rbrian]

Proportional representation would be a nice change, those of us in 'safe' seats might actually get a voice then...

Too right. In the meantime all we can do is snipe from the sidelines and dream of revolution...

[mw3230]

Proportional representation - isn't that the sort of thing that means the ballot paper is the length of a roll of wallpaper, nobody wins and we have constant elections and no viable, accountable government - like Belgium.... sounds fantastic. Like tofu and lentils and body piercings!!!

[glueman]

The problem is that parties are trying to make people forget what they are, one for a land-owning elite, another for revolutionary socialism and one that was last relevant in Lloyd George's time. They all want to occupy middle ground mush, with half pence tax saving here and a penny on your petrol there. The personality of their leaders is the only difference between them, a fact they deny in case the whole edifice collapses.

[kwackers]

Proportional representation - isn't that the sort of thing that means the ballot paper is the length of a roll of wallpaper, nobody wins and we have constant elections and no viable, accountable government - like Belgium.... sounds fantastic. Like tofu and lentils and body piercings!!!

As opposed to what?

The current system where the majority are effectively denied a say? A system that in theory can vote in a government that even the majority of voters didn't vote for.

Politicians witter endlessly about engaging the electorate but what's the point when you know your vote doesn't count?

A democracy is only valid when all of the people have a say, to all intensive purposes this is a sham. Proof can be seen by the 'targeting' of key seats by the various parties.
Nobody knocks on my door and asks what I think - why? Because it doesn't matter. The outcome here is set regardless of how I vote so I either may as well not bother and enjoy the time saved.

[jan19]

I'm another in a seat so safe that the Tories have proposed Boris Johnson's brother as our new MP. We're wondering whether to call him Jo Bo (as opposed to Bo Jo.) Even a member of the Johnson tribe surely can't lose this one....

However, all has been rather more interesting than usual. Normally the various parties don't bother trying to leaflet us - no point, waste of money - but after the first leaders' debate we quickly had an obviously rushed and poorly produced but to the point Lib Dem leaflet round. Shortly followed by a much glossier but more general Conservative one. Now we in London also have local council elections unlike most of the rest of the country, and our local True-Blue council has been making itself very unpopular here with local issues. It allowed, against huge oppostion, the building of a enormous Tesco's in the High Street with the resulting traffic chaos that everyone predicted, then decided to mess around with the High Street but doing it on the cheap so nobody is happy. (Think its going to make cycling very difficult down it but holding judgement as yet).

A much smarter Lib Dem leaflet going on and on about how they opposed Tesco's came round.....

watching this space with interest on election day...

Jan

[reohn2]

Do you mean that New Labour didn't do what they said they were going to do?
Good grief! Politicians are all the same - just different colours.

Vote for change eh?
Who should we vote for? We don't want the Tories back do we? They made a mess of things too.

Why don't we have a real change?

Proportional representation would be a nice change, those of us in 'safe' seats might actually get a voice then...

PR would indeed be a real change from this fiasco of "democracy" we have at the moment.This country hasn't seen democracy in reality all my life and I'm 56.I'm tired of impotence as a voter and I'm tired of Tories and I'm tired of Red Tories.