Poll: New poll on who you will vote for?

[Narj]

Were cameron is going wrong is that he seems to be doing this all alone, we are not seeing enough of William Huge, Kennith Clarke (arguebly one of the most popular tories) and others

If Ken Clarke was shadow Chancellor, I think the polls would be remarkably different, to be honest.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

If Ken Clarke was shadow Chancellor, I think the polls would be remarkably different, to be honest.

As in a wider lead in the polls ?

 

[Narj]

As in a wider lead in the polls ?

I'm pretty certain of it. People know naff all about George Osborne, and along with Cameron he's a bit of a turn-off for traditional Tory voters. Ken Clarke is a known quanitity and has solid experience. He doesn't seem to want the job however - probably because he realises what a poisoned chalice it is.

 

[Von Smallhausen]

Ken Clarke must be 70 now ?

Would his pro-Europe stance and quite public difference with David Cameron on the same subject not be a problem ?

I have to say I like Ken.

Anyone who smokes cigars, likes curry and drinks beer can't be all bad.

 

[Strife212]

Boris Johnson for PM

 

[Rich_L]

Indeed that's a problem in the Tories that they still can't agree on where they stand on Europe, which as you say is probably the reason for keeping Ken Clarke in the background - shame really.

I have to say, I wouldn't put too much store on him not recalling signing up for the Uni Tory association From my time at Robinson I'm probably a member of half the political, sports and other such societies because they offered a free hat or had a pool night on Wednesdays

 

[Freefaller]

Vince Cable would be my choice over Osbourne.

 

[Narj]

I have to say I like Ken.

Anyone who smokes cigars, likes curry and drinks beer can't be all bad.

Me too... He'd have to toe the party line as far as Europe is concerned, which he'd probably not like. He's usually not afraid of speaking his mind, so perhaps Cameron has decided it's too risky

He did say on QT that he would be there to offer advice and assist where needed which was interesting. I think having him involved in some capacity is definitely a good thing.

 

[meghatronic]

I still can't believe the LibDem popularity, based off one debate (must be that given the differences).

 

[Narj]

I still can't believe the LibDem popularity, based off one debate (must be that given the differences).

Welcome to our X-Factor obsessed, style over substance society..

I doubt it will last once the LibDem's crazier policies get put in the spotlight. There's plenty of ammo there and I'll be shocked if the other parties don't jump all over them in the forthcoming debates.

I see Murdoch has already started picking at them on his news stations...

 

[antijoke]

I can sense a coalition government on it's way. Wonder how a lib con coalition would work...

It would be awful. We have a similar thing here in the S-o-A and all the two are bothered about is getting one upmanship on each other and the needs of the town come second.

 

[robgmun]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/the_p_word/newsid_10080000/newsid_10083900/10083988.stm

 

[antijoke]

I heard some of that on the radio at lunch, and the girl doing the grilling came across as aggressive and idiotic concentrating on one point and one alone.

 

[Freefaller]

It would be awful. We have a similar thing here in the S-o-A and all the two are bothered about is getting one upmanship on each other and the needs of the town come second.

Yeah. I hate tit-for-tat politics... just get to the bloody issues and resolve them.

We've had lib lab before where the conservatives were the ones who stood out as more "radical" but there's so little difference between lab and con now unless lib dems get a huge and unachievable majority i think we'll see a hung vote? No?

Is it worse to have a hung parliament to having labour still in power or the conservatives in power? I honestly don't know.

 

[Narj]

I heard some of that on the radio at lunch, and the girl doing the grilling came across as aggressive and idiotic concentrating on one point and one alone.

She was too aggressive and disrespectful IMO, even if GB is a tit.

 

[antijoke]

I think we will see a hung parliament.

She was too aggressive and disrespectful IMO, even if GB is a tit.

Agreed, I think GB handled it quiet well IMHO.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

She was too aggressive and disrespectful IMO, even if GB is a tit.

You need to earn your respect, Gordon Brown has not.

 

[Narj]

You need to earn your respect, Gordon Brown has not.

Common courtesy costs nothing - she kept interrupting which is downright rude, whichever way you look at it...

 

[Hatter The Mad]

Common courtesy costs nothing - she kept interrupting which is downright rude, whichever way you look at it...

From what I can see, Gordon had several opportunities to answer but didn't - he just evaded the question, getting her in a hissy.

 

[joeyjojo]

Welcome to our X-Factor obsessed, style over substance society..

I doubt it will last once the LibDem's crazier policies get put in the spotlight. There's plenty of ammo there and I'll be shocked if the other parties don't jump all over them in the forthcoming debates.

I see Murdoch has already started picking at them on his news stations...

The debate was cliché central.
Much better was Paxman vs. Clegg
And Daily Politics 1/9
Both showed how solid the Lib Dem policies were, I thought.

I think the key point is that, until Labour, no-one used the parliament act to restrict rights, only to grant them when the lords wanted them to remain restricted.

So your problem with the Parliament acts is the restriction on fox hunting? I would say the other 3 post-1949 things (trying Nazis, bringing in PR, and lowering the age of consent for male homosexuals to 16) were very good things.

Also you hardly need scientific evidence that animals suffer at the hands of hunting, and you need to be a cruel human to get enjoyment out of such an activity.