Voting today

[Diving Dude]

Originally Posted by Clare Gledhill

The bars on the poll are red for labour, yellow for liberal, blue for conservative (twice).

Why are the Greens purple then?

[chrisch]

Originally Posted by Steve L.

... Are there any honourable M.P.`s. left ?

Any one able to name a few ?

I'm sure there must be a few. There used to be more I think, although the media is to blame if one is fair.

The problem is that when politicians are honest (Willie Whitelaw - the "short sharp shock" doesn't work) no one remembers. Newspapers prefer to focus on the bullshit (Michael Howard - "prison works"). We remember Blair's lies (of which there were many) but not his achievements. Likewise Brown's failings (of which there are many) but not his real and honest attempt to reduce child poverty.

There have been some honest and memorable politicians who entered the house with good intentions and left with their morals intact. Tony Benn (not his kid though) for one. Douglas Hurd for another.

I don't mind in the least that people have a different political view to mine - that is democracy. I don't mind at all that the tories represent the interests of rich scum, rich scum have a democratic right to representation. What pisses me off is the manipulation of the media by worthless shit like imprisoned conman Conrad Black to fill people's heads with misinformation. The campaign against Livingstone by the Mail group is utterly disgusting and reminiscent of the propaganda of some Mickey Mouse dictatorship. This is the reason so many people are turned off of politics.

Chris

[Adrian Kelland]

Originally Posted by chrisch

This is the reason so many people are turned off of politics.

Chris

IMO, I'd correct that slightly. I am turned off by professional politician, not politics.

I really struggled today to justify my choice of self serving, piece of shit, self serving, brown nosing, hypocritical, lying waste of air and space that we were given a choice of today.

Sadly the upstanding (well he was relatively honest by comparison) Dr Idi Amin Dada is no longer with us, so I voted for the second most honest soul at the polling booth. However I doubt Mr Tufty the squirrel will get his deposit back.

Adrian

[dry suit diver]

so can anybody answer why my ballot paper(s) and electoral number were recorded together

[Adrian Kelland]

Originally Posted by dry suit diver

so can anybody answer why my ballot paper(s) and electoral number were recorded together

See your sig

[dry suit diver]

Originally Posted by Adrian Kelland

See your sig

very droll Mr K.


did they get you for the blaze at that well known store in Newton Abbot and Falmouth

[JasonP]

Originally Posted by dry suit diver

so can anybody answer why my ballot paper(s) and electoral number were recorded together

Lambeth?

BBC NEWS | England | London | Inquiry into spoilt ballot papers

Jason

[NotDeadYet]

Originally Posted by Adrian Kelland

Sadly the upstanding (well he was relatively honest by comparison) Dr Idi Amin Dada is no longer with us

He had a sense of humour, I'll give you that

Ho Chi Minh did a f***ing good plate of profiterolles by all accounts as well.

Strange but I can't imagine David Cameron on the Long March...

[ratcliffe]

Originally Posted by JasonP

Lambeth?

BBC NEWS | England | London | Inquiry into spoilt ballot papers

Jason

That all sounds a bit cock up central to me. Not like the professional job I did last year with the locals in Leicester

[angleseydiver]

That all sounds a bit professional to me. Not like the cock up job I did last year with the locals in Leicester

That's politics for ya!