Nope, they will just mess the country up in a decade or two, when they are no longer in. That's the other problem with democracy you are only doing stuff for 4 years.
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Nope, they will just mess the country up in a decade or two, when they are no longer in. That's the other problem with democracy you are only doing stuff for 4 years.
It is a bit wacky to say the least but that's FPP for you. On the other hand, it appears the only way of getting meaningful change in the electoral system is to have a form of hung Parliament with the Lib Dems being able to push this through.
Perhaps if Labour got the largest number of seats with the lowest percentage of votes of the three, then the public call for a change in the electoral system would be unavoidable for any party which the Lib Dems decided to ally themselves with.
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You make it sound like he's the only one who does this.
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It would probably be a lot more convenient with the Euro... i'm all for it if the implementation is done properly, or indeed if there is a way to do it without people being exploited by not changing their wages like was (and still is) done in Italy.
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Nick Clegg is a through and through Europhile who is committed to a stronger federal Europe and the UK's place in it and also in the Euro.
On no account will I agree to lose the £. None.
Happy to run the Euro along side it, but no way I am going to agree to consign the £ to history.
Not in the slightest. However on this particular issue it is only the Lib Dems and Labour that have been caught lying.
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There are people who said the same of the groat. Care to state a few reasons?
Main one would be loss of control of our own economy. We would have been utterly screwed if we were in the Euro during this past recession. Greece are regretting being part of the Euro now for this very reason.
I have no "logical" reason, no financial reason and no real political reason.
Its just something I dont want particularly to lose. Its not just the £. I also feel a little sad that things like Drachma, Franks, Pesetas and Lira will eventually disappear into history and people will have no knowledge of what they are.
As much as I find interest and enjoyment in the many things which multiple cultures have in common, I equally ( and more so in some cases) find interest and enjoyment in the things which differentiate one people from another. Currency being just one (small) part of that.
Like I say, I have no real fantastic reason with which to bamboozle and marvel people with...its simply a very personal matter of opinion.
(and I have the same opinion with the groat
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Not in the slightest. However on this particular issue it is only the Lib Dems and Labour that have been caught lying.
So you're saying that the Conservatives wouldn't lie about this topic because they have 'morals' or it's just coincidence that they haven't?
My point is that no party wouldn't lie if their agenda required it.
This is great!
Prettifying the link for you:
The Daily Politics - 2010 Election Debates - The Foreign Affairs Debate
For all the nuke people - lib dem foreign affairs guy says (25 mins in) that the will NOT scrap trident completely. They will look into alternatives, listing extending the lifetime of trident, and using cruise missiles, as alternatives. Ideally though they will follow the lead of the USA in potential disarmament.
The Conservatives side-stepped the issue on a technicality - when Cameron was put on the spot he ummed and ahhed and refused to commit, then when the Lisbon Treaty was passed he breathed a sigh of relief and said that there was no point in a referendum any more.
Quite laudable
My vote WOULD go to Bob Russell (Lib Dem) in Colchester, because he has a very safe seat, and he's done nothing wrong, and really cares about the town and suchlike
However, I'm not going to be old enough to vote by about 7 weeks. Hmph.
However, I'm not going to be old enough to vote by about 7 weeks. Hmph.
Probably coincidence as their stance on this issue doesn't lose them votes. There are no doubt some lies in their manifesto, we just won't know which ones until too late.
And my point is that on this particular issue the Lib Dems have already shown themselves to be untrustworthy. So it makes sense to take whatever they are currently promising with more than a large grain of salt. Especially if it goes against the normal aims of the party.
I have no particular beef with the EU, I am mostly ambivilant to it. I also didn't think a referendum was a smart idea. I am also intelligent enough to realise that some manifesto promises cannot be met for a whole number of reasons. But I do not like it when a party fails to meet an easy manifesto promise as it seems very likely they had no intention in the first place of holding themselves to said promise. So as far as Europe goes I know the Lib Dems are likely to lie.
Yup. I don't know how you would do it though. Does any country have such a system in use at the moment?
A benevolent dictatorship could get soooooo much done. We'd never stand for it in this country though.
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I really can't believe more people would vote Lib Dem on here than any other party... I thought this board had more sense!
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It's definitely an improvement over the last poll.
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