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Just out of curiosity, who do YOU think will win the election?

Sadly, I think Cameron will win.

I chose other, as there was no "I don't have a clue option."

Now there is!

Glad there's a "don't have a clue" option, now. For whatever reason, I'm compelled to vote in all of the Dakka polls, but I don't even pay attention to American politics, let alone that of other countries...

Brown shot himself in the foot, people are figuring out that clegg is mostly just flashy marketing with no real substance, leaving cameron as the lesser of three evils.

I think cameron gets it

I wanna see the look on the faces of the two that loose, witness their pain.

clegy wegy

Hopefully none of those xenos fraks!

I voted "other."

It will probably be whichever socialist that can count on the votes of those already enslaved by the system.

That's the way it's going in America these days; it's probably the same elsewhere in the west.

I think Dick Cheney will lead a militia to take over Britain. This is my way of saying "I Don't Know" without actually saying it.

Where is the 'I'm not british and don't particularly care' option? Sorry, but can't say it's going to have much of an impact here, we're too busy having digs at the aussie ones.

augustus5 wrote:I voted "other."

It will probably be whichever socialist that can count on the votes of those already enslaved by the system.

That's the way it's going in America these days; it's probably the same elsewhere in the west.

haha,I laughed at this. Socialists in america?haha,yeah,right...

Where is the "why the hell is this on a wargaming forum" option?

Can't they just trot out a real Prime Minister, like Thatcher? She got things done no matter how much hate was directed her way.

I have a question. Why did Gordon Brown apologize for the British Empire?

Cameron, anything else is an outrage.

Well, it's pretty much certain now.

We are gonna have a Tory/LibDem Coalition, with Cameron as the Prime Minister. Even if Labour get the Lib Dems on their side, they still wont have a majority.

Bigdobbo wrote:Where is the "why the hell is this on a wargaming forum" option?

It's right next to the 'my opinion on this matter is worthless, so I'm just here to troll' option.

notabot187 wrote:Can't they just trot out a real Prime Minister, like Thatcher? She got things done no matter how much hate was directed her way.

You're American, so I'll forgive you for thinking that starving political prisoners and starting pointless wars is "getting things done".

As for the poll, I went with Brown Trousers, since from what I've heard Parliament's hung.

Well, they called and offered me the job but I've already got too much on my plate trying to win a game with my Tau army.

It's odd that the conservatives are in the majority but everyone is scrambling to form coalitions. It'll be interesting to see what happens as this hasn't occured in, what 32 years?

notabot187 wrote:Can't they just trot out a real Prime Minister, like Thatcher? She got things done no matter how much hate was directed her way.

OFT.

See this is my point exactly.

I admire Strength. Like all red blooded Englishmen, i admire stoicness and a stiff upper lip above all else.

If Brown had called that old woman a bigot to her face, id applaud the man, but no. What did Brown do? It was all "lovely family, nice family, very nice family" and then BIGOT when he thought he was alone.

Thatcher screwed some things up, but wasnt afraid of anybody. She had more balls than any male Prime Minister we have had, and THAT is something to respect. Regardless of her failings, i want somebody who wont take any gak. Not these cringing hand wringing fething girlymen we get running now.

You know who else admired strength?













Zishe Breitbart.

mattyrm wrote:

notabot187 wrote:Can't they just trot out a real Prime Minister, like Thatcher? She got things done no matter how much hate was directed her way.

OFT.

See this is my point exactly.

I admire Strength. Like all red blooded Englishmen, i admire stoicness and a stiff upper lip above all else.

If Brown had called that old woman a bigot to her face, id applaud the man, but no. What did Brown do? It was all "lovely family, nice family, very nice family" and then BIGOT when he thought he was alone.

Thatcher screwed some things up, but wasnt afraid of anybody. She had more balls than any male Prime Minister we have had, and THAT is something to respect. Regardless of her failings, i want somebody who wont take any gak. Not these cringing hand wringing fething girlymen we get running now.

I love it when people use 'I speak my mind' as an excuse to be ignorant. All politicians are placed in situations where they have to smile and play nice with people they fething loathe. The gaff was leaving the mic on...

Thatcher sold our national assets, left our manufacturers to the wolves and invited foreign companies to trade in the UK whilst taking their final profit back to their own nations.

She introduced the Poll Tax. The most ruthless tax on the poor since the window tax. When people protested, she used riot police on them, shortly after, we had full riots in the streets of our major cities.

She tore gaping holes in the NHS with cuts to nursing, doctors etc and put the extra levels of management in, in attempt after attempt to prepare it for privitisation.

She openly stated her contempt for anyone who was not tory, she openly condemned anywhere outside the home counties to wither and die, she stated that all she need do was keep 1 in 3 on side and screw the rest.

She butchered the national pension. She massacred the state school budgets.

She was utterly evil and the one thing that's pointed me to the existance of God is her malevolent ass getting dementia.

May.She.Rot.

Cameron I expect, but here's hoping Clegg can negotiate Vince Cable into No. 11, instead of Cameron's odious little toad of a best friend.

MGS, mate, your ridiculous anti-Thatcher drivel never ends. Why are you so red? Did you used to work in a mine?

You should move to Newcastle, youl fit right in.

I hope you dont move to a red state in the US though, its the other way round over there mate, make sure you get it right.

Fixed

MeanGreenStompa wrote:

I love it when people use 'I speak my mind' as an excuse to be ignorant. All politicians are placed in situations where they have to smile and play nice with people they fething loathe. The gaff was leaving the mic on...

Blair sold our national assets, and our gold reserves left our solvent manufacturers to the wolves and invited foreign companies to trade in the UK whilst taking their final profit back to their own nations.

He introduced 3000 draconian new laws. The most ruthless scourge on the population since the Civil War. When people did nothing wrong, he used riot police on them, shortly after, we had people getting locked down on spurious premises.

Blair tore gaping holes in the NHS with quangos etc and put the extra levels of management in, in attempt after attempt to prepare it for partisan party politicisation.

Blair openly stated her contempt for anyone who was not Nu Labour, and drummed them out of the civil service making it party politicised.

Blair butchered the national pension. by squandering all our wealth and the wealth of two generations on quangos and dogmas Blair massaged the state school budgets. giving extra cash to failing schools, not to make them work but to bankroll PC ideologies, schools in tTry and Lidb Dem wards were starved of funding to give the impression those parties cannot run a budget.

Blair was utterly evil and the one thing that's pointed me to the non-existance of God is he now claims to be a practicing Catholic.

May.He.Rot.

May he rot indeed!
And Gordo can follow him

Any reason why I am Polish all of a sudden. Has my job been taken over.

mattyrm wrote:MGS, mate, your ridiculous anti-Thatcher drivel never ends. Why are you so red? Did you used to work in a mine?

You should move to Newcastle, youl fit right in.

I hope you dont move to a red state in the US though, its the other way round over there mate, make sure you get it right.

I've never worked in a mine, I've been an office worker for most of my employed life. I currently work in the financial sector, married without kids. I am the tory demographic.

But, I believe in social responsibility, in the maintainence of the NHS, Social Support and Education and a degree of reasonable living for all who wish to contribute to society.

The basic principal of what you've espoused so far is greed. 'I'm alright Jack and f**k you if you aren't', well I don't hold with that and I think those who do are narrow sighted, it's enlightened self interest to support and maintain the greater society around you and elevate everyone's standard of living.

There are problems with benefit system and the culture of exploiting them, as a socialist, who believes all should pull their weight, I'm just as opposed to it's exploitation than you are as a capitalist. I'm about improving it and getting those who are in reciept of benefits doing something for the nation. You would instead see those people starved.
I never agreed with Sure Start and other 'soft' methods of changing those problem families and areas and getting them off their state supported lifestyle, I want to see people who are in reciept of benefits going to work for their money. 4 days a week, the 5th spent in monitored jobhunting.

I imagine there are a fair few in Newcastle who have no love of the tories, the heavy industries on the Tyne suffered greatly under Thatcher.