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 rcmeagle  Bromley 01 May 15 10.38am |
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Quote imbored at 01 May 2015 12.08am
Quote rcmeagle at 01 May 2015 12.01am
If people actually took the time to really listen to what farage says the guy talks sense. I think the 'i'm like you' and 'bloke down the pub' stuff is as much a put on and an angle as the other leaders strategies. What I will say though is that I do think he's a much more competent and unflappable politician than Miliband or Cameron. He's an asset to the party there's no doubt about that, and you can't say that about the others.
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| crystal balls The Garden of Earthly Delights 01 May 15 1.05pm |
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Quote rcmeagle at 01 May 2015 10.38am
Quote imbored at 01 May 2015 12.08am
Quote rcmeagle at 01 May 2015 12.01am
If people actually took the time to really listen to what farage says the guy talks sense. I think the 'i'm like you' and 'bloke down the pub' stuff is as much a put on and an angle as the other leaders strategies. What I will say though is that I do think he's a much more competent and unflappable politician than Miliband or Cameron. He's an asset to the party there's no doubt about that, and you can't say that about the others.
Who will they get to replace him? Someone with a high public profile, experienced TV performer; Christine Hamilton, perhaps?
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| imbored UK 01 May 15 1.48pm |
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Quote crystal balls at 01 May 2015 1.05pm
Quote rcmeagle at 01 May 2015 10.38am
Quote imbored at 01 May 2015 12.08am
Quote rcmeagle at 01 May 2015 12.01am
If people actually took the time to really listen to what farage says the guy talks sense. I think the 'i'm like you' and 'bloke down the pub' stuff is as much a put on and an angle as the other leaders strategies. What I will say though is that I do think he's a much more competent and unflappable politician than Miliband or Cameron. He's an asset to the party there's no doubt about that, and you can't say that about the others.
Who will they get to replace him? Someone with a high public profile, experienced TV performer; Christine Hamilton, perhaps? The return of...... Robert Kilroy-Silk
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Seth  On a pale blue dot 01 May 15 4.22pm |
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Quote derben at 01 May 2015 7.59am
Over 3,000 posts about UKIP, a party that many of the posters dismiss as unimportant, not a threat, will not get many votes. Why the interest then? Why not post about the likes of TUSC and the Greens who are presumably going to sweep the board due to their wise and considered 'policies'?
There is another thread titled "THe Greens" and by all means start one titled "TUSC" if you are so keen to discuss their policies. Alternatively, use the "General Election" thread.
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| imbored UK 01 May 15 5.04pm |
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Quote Seth at 01 May 2015 4.22pm
Quote derben at 01 May 2015 7.59am
Over 3,000 posts about UKIP, a party that many of the posters dismiss as unimportant, not a threat, will not get many votes. Why the interest then? Why not post about the likes of TUSC and the Greens who are presumably going to sweep the board due to their wise and considered 'policies'?
There is another thread titled "THe Greens" and by all means start one titled "TUSC" if you are so keen to discuss their policies. Alternatively, use the "General Election" thread. I posted it primarily due to the article title being so bizarre, but you're right of course. In any political party thread, the majority of the posts are going to be 'what's wrong', rather than 'what's right'. Besides I've already said on here that the leader of the greens is something of a disaster and how Miliband's performance last night was pretty dire. As far as this place goes, I'm actually reasonably fairminded.
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| Vaibow vancouver/croydon 01 May 15 5.32pm |
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it may well be that UKIP represent what most of us think, but realistically - would we be any better at running the nation this way? what i mean is, ideally many of us want this and that, but does it translate well in the wider picture - when has a party ever gone in and totally shaken things up. Things take time, messes need to be cleaned up and it isn't that easy. Politicians are no more more than puppets and 'yes' people to the higher powers that be - banks and corporations. Would UKIP stand their ground and piss off the economical world or eventually get their hands twisted and be just another puppet?
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| Seth On a pale blue dot 01 May 15 6.26pm |
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Quote Vaibow at 01 May 2015 5.32pm
it may well be that UKIP represent what most of us think, but realistically - would we be any better at running the nation this way? what i mean is, ideally many of us want this and that, but does it translate well in the wider picture - when has a party ever gone in and totally shaken things up. Things take time, messes need to be cleaned up and it isn't that easy. Politicians are no more more than puppets and 'yes' people to the higher powers that be - banks and corporations. Would UKIP stand their ground and piss off the economical world or eventually get their hands twisted and be just another puppet?
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| imbored UK 01 May 15 6.39pm |
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Quote Vaibow at 01 May 2015 5.32pm
it may well be that UKIP represent what most of us think, but realistically - would we be any better at running the nation this way? what i mean is, ideally many of us want this and that, but does it translate well in the wider picture - when has a party ever gone in and totally shaken things up. Things take time, messes need to be cleaned up and it isn't that easy. Politicians are no more more than puppets and 'yes' people to the higher powers that be - banks and corporations. Would UKIP stand their ground and piss off the economical world or eventually get their hands twisted and be just another puppet? You're right. As they say, it's easy to say you'll do this and you'll do that if you're never going to get in power anyway. The best UKIP can hope for is getting the Tories to hold a genuine, transparent referendum on Europe and that's a 'believe it when I see it' situation even if they remain in power. We all know that politicians say and do what they need in the moment and don't care a jot for years down he line.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 01 May 15 6.59pm |
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Would you vote for a man with this name?
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Quote Seth at 01 May 2015 6.26pm
Quote Vaibow at 01 May 2015 5.32pm
it may well be that UKIP represent what most of us think, but realistically - would we be any better at running the nation this way? what i mean is, ideally many of us want this and that, but does it translate well in the wider picture - when has a party ever gone in and totally shaken things up. Things take time, messes need to be cleaned up and it isn't that easy. Politicians are no more more than puppets and 'yes' people to the higher powers that be - banks and corporations. Would UKIP stand their ground and piss off the economical world or eventually get their hands twisted and be just another puppet?
More than TUSC and the Greens I see. Good name the Green Party, as you must be very green indeed to vote for them.
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| derben 01 May 15 7.06pm |
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Quote nickgusset at 01 May 2015 6.59pm
Would you vote for a man with this name? What Wayne Kerr, why is that weirder than say, Dave Nellist?
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| Seth On a pale blue dot 02 May 15 2.08am |
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Quote derben at 01 May 2015 7.06pm
Quote nickgusset at 01 May 2015 6.59pm
Would you vote for a man with this name? What Wayne Kerr, why is that weirder than say, Dave Nellist?
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