Re: The General Election Thread : Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:36 pm  

cod'ead wrote: Things really must be getting desperate when the Torygraph's Chief Political Correspondent resorts to writing this sort of crap. Is that really what he aspired to in journalist school? It gets worse: Samantha Cameron is more popular than other leaders' wives. The Torygraph seems to be turning into some sort of braodsheet Hello magazine. Same author BTW For those of you maintain that people vote for their MP at GE's, it's clearly the party's leaders' wives they vote for. What about husbands of female leaders?

cod'ead wrote: Things really must be getting desperate when the Torygraph's Chief Political Correspondent resorts to writing this sort of crap. Is that really what he aspired to in journalist school? It gets worse: Samantha Cameron is more popular than other leaders' wives. The Torygraph seems to be turning into some sort of braodsheet Hello magazine. Same author BTW For those of you maintain that people vote for their MP at GE's, it's clearly the party's leaders' wives they vote for. What about husbands of female leaders?

Re: The General Election Thread : Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:38 pm  

cod'ead wrote: It gets worse: Samantha Cameron is more popular than other leaders' wives. The Torygraph seems to be turning into some sort of braodsheet Hello magazine. Same author BTW She's got no ar*e. Never trust a woman with no ar*e!

cod'ead wrote: It gets worse: Samantha Cameron is more popular than other leaders' wives. The Torygraph seems to be turning into some sort of braodsheet Hello magazine. Same author BTW She's got no ar*e. Never trust a woman with no ar*e!

Re: The General Election Thread : Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:05 pm  

Dally wrote:

She's got no ar*e. Never trust a woman with no ar*e!

She does have an ar$e. She got a ring and everything when they got married.

Re: The General Election Thread : Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:11 pm  

cod'ead wrote: It's official A fictional character in a political satire said it best: "You know, I've spent ten years detoxifying this party. It's been a bit like renovating an old, old house, yeah? You can take out a sexist beam here, a callous window there, replace the odd homophobic roof tile. But after a while you realise that this renovation is doomed. Because the foundations are built on what I can only describe as a solid bed of c***s."

cod'ead wrote: It's official A fictional character in a political satire said it best: "You know, I've spent ten years detoxifying this party. It's been a bit like renovating an old, old house, yeah? You can take out a sexist beam here, a callous window there, replace the odd homophobic roof tile. But after a while you realise that this renovation is doomed. Because the foundations are built on what I can only describe as a solid bed of c***s."

Re: The General Election Thread : Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:44 pm  

DHM wrote:

A fictional character in a political satire said it best:

"You know, I've spent ten years detoxifying this party. It's been a bit like renovating an old, old house, yeah? You can take out a sexist beam here, a callous window there, replace the odd homophobic roof tile. But after a while you realise that this renovation is doomed. Because the foundations are built on what I can only describe as a solid bed of c***s."

Re: The General Election Thread : Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:15 am  

Well, the Green Party's Party Election broadcast was definitively the most memorable I think I've ever seen

Re: The General Election Thread : Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:15 am  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Well, the Green Party's Party Election broadcast was definitively the most memorable I think I've ever seen

Just watched it on that website that not allowed to link to. Thought it was good.

Re: The General Election Thread : Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:45 am  

In the interest of balance I need to add that the Lab puppy ripped up a LibDem leaflet this morning, so thats 2xLabour and 1xLibdem, we've had no other election literature so far so I'm unable to work out where his allegiances lay.

Re: The General Election Thread : Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:37 am  

Cameron Stumped by Question from a 10 Yr Old :

David Cameron has rarely come unstuck on the campaign trail so far, batting away questions with his usual smooth, predictable and dull responses.

And when he faced an audience of schoolchildren in Bolton for BBC's Newsround show, he must have been predicting an easy ride.

But he ended up being asked the toughest question of the election campaign so far, as he admitted himself.

“If you could pick one politician apart from yourself to win who would it be and why?” asked Reema, a ten-year-old girl from Salford, Greater Manchester.

The Prime Minister was stumped and - like too many times during this campaign - failed to come up with an answer, saying:

“Wow. If I could pick politician? Would they have to be living or dead?

“If I thought someone else should win the election I would not be standing myself, so I can’t really answer the question about who else I would like to win.

“There are lots of candidates around the country I am very enthusiastic about.

“I am afraid it is too difficult to say I would like someone else to win other than me or I wouldn’t be here, and I am quite keen on winning."

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Wow, couldn't come up with a decent response, so says mothing at all really. In my opinion he would have gained more from saying "I've really enjoyed working with Nick to demonstrate how effective a coallition can be, and would welcome to chance to work with another party leader, in government, again if the need arises."

Re: The General Election Thread : Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:21 pm  

Any views on tonight's debacle - sorry, debate?

Terrible. The interrupting Welsh housewife, the angry loony Aussie and the arrogant Scot all aggressively associating themselves with Ed Miliband, in the knowledge that they'll all be begging from his plate should he end up in the driving seat.

Not Farage's best night, never a good idea to insult your audience. But again at least he speaks plainly, rather than the usual headline platitudes that mean absolutely nothing. The Greens also speak plainly, but they're so far removed from reality it's comical and Bennett's shouting was embarrassing. Miliband knew he was the senior politician, clearly visible in his body language.

Will Labour stand by their promise not to align with the SNP in a hung Parliament? That would sway me a little but I'm still not sure I trust them.

Still undecided. But definitely not the Greens or Lib Dems.