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  Hrolf The Ganger  08 Jun 17 1.01pm |
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Originally posted by Frickin Saweet
which is why I didn't spoil it, I merely considered it as an option, and it was an option, not the right one, hence. Fair enough. Of course it is one's right not to vote but it also has the least influence.
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| hedgehog50 Croydon 08 Jun 17 1.05pm |
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In EU elections, if there wasn't a UKIP candidate, I used to just write "Leave the EU" on the ballot paper.
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell] |
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 Michaelawt85 Bexley 08 Jun 17 1.05pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
May has never talked about any such 'Landslide'. Anyway, I have a very busy day, out 'Telling', Dropping people to the 'Polling Stations', at 'Committee Room' and much more so must go now ! Going to be a long day !!!! Edited by Willo (08 Jun 2017 10.36am) Used to love election day. Our house was a committee room for several general and local elections.Doing poll wwatch. Knocking up in the evening , bringing families out to vote, great times and great memories albeit for a different political party.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 08 Jun 17 1.07pm |
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Originally posted by lefty27
A Tory landslide is good for what exactly? Well we have to ask ourselves if choosing a worst option just for a change is a good idea. I cannot accept, regardless of ideology, that people as inept as the likes of Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott can possibly run my country better. They have displayed a level of incompetence that is unprecedented in political history. If one is serious about governing and one isn't that bright, for god sake at least do your homework.
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| Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 08 Jun 17 1.09pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Fair enough. Of course it is one's right not to vote but it also has the least influence. As I've said before, it's a conscience issue. Voting is like endorsing a particular person and if there are no people on the ballot paper who even remotely represent your views, abstention is the only real alternative. I certainly wouldn't want it on my conscience that I assisted to power any of the egotistical, power-hungry, f*ckwitted charlatans on offer in my constituency.
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| Hansy 08 Jun 17 1.25pm |
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Originally posted by lefty27
A Tory landslide is good for what exactly? Good negotiators for Brexit. They have a blank book to negotiate from. Labour will guarantee EU citizen rights in the UK immediately, and then seek UK citizen rights in the EU. I agree both sides should be doing this together anyway, but that sign to me shows they are weak when it comes to negotiating.
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Frickin Saweet  South Cronx 08 Jun 17 1.40pm |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
As I've said before, it's a conscience issue. Voting is like endorsing a particular person and if there are no people on the ballot paper who even remotely represent your views, abstention is the only real alternative. I certainly wouldn't want it on my conscience that I assisted to power any of the egotistical, power-hungry, f*ckwitted charlatans on offer in my constituency. exactly this. Most would have you believe that there is only an option A or B and you must choose one. I don't want Tory or Labour rule to be in my name
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| Lyons550 Shirley 08 Jun 17 1.47pm |
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Sod the Election for 5mins...the England U20's have just made the World Cup final having beaten Italy 3-1!!
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| Hrolf The Ganger 08 Jun 17 1.55pm |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
As I've said before, it's a conscience issue. Voting is like endorsing a particular person and if there are no people on the ballot paper who even remotely represent your views, abstention is the only real alternative. I certainly wouldn't want it on my conscience that I assisted to power any of the egotistical, power-hungry, f*ckwitted charlatans on offer in my constituency. I understand that position as long as it is understood that one has effectively surrendered any tiny influence that one might have. For many of us, the result for our constituency is a forgone conclusion so admittedly that influence might not be worth the existential guilt for voting against principle.
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Y Ddraig Goch  In The Crowd 08 Jun 17 2.05pm |
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Originally posted by Hansy
Good negotiators for Brexit. They have a blank book to negotiate from. Labour will guarantee EU citizen rights in the UK immediately, and then seek UK citizen rights in the EU. I agree both sides should be doing this together anyway, but that sign to me shows they are weak when it comes to negotiating. I think it was Tusk who said Britain was naive to think that they could just guarantee rights without actually thinking through the consequences. I think it is a shame that we couldn't didn't but it is apparently a lot more complicated than many think
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| Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 08 Jun 17 2.12pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
I understand that position as long as it is understood that one has effectively surrendered any tiny influence that one might have. For many of us, the result for our constituency is a forgone conclusion so admittedly that influence might not be worth the existential guilt for voting against principle. But it is influential. It's a vote lost for each of the candidates. It's evidence that each of them has failed to impress. If voter turnout in a constituency is, say 60%, it suggests that 40% thought that they were all c*nts.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 08 Jun 17 2.37pm |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
But it is influential. It's a vote lost for each of the candidates. It's evidence that each of them has failed to impress. If voter turnout in a constituency is, say 60%, it suggests that 40% thought that they were all c*nts.
I'm not sure if the winning candidate will care if some people didn't vote for anyone.
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