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BazMember VIP10 years

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All I'm saying, like Ducky, is that irrespective of which ever party or coalition is proposing it, it is dangerous if it makes any party in power more able to stay in power despite the wishes of the electorate, or indeed the very MPs we vote to represent us!

And like I say.... I haven't said what I feel about that

All I am doing is answering various criticisms which seem to me to be aimed at the coalition.... or more particularly the Tories.....

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

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Have you all run out of vodka and hobnobs?

DuckyMember 10 years

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this is where you all are.

Oops... sorry Zaph. We got distracted by the grown ups.

XochiMember Memoriam

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Woah

I have the power!

Ditty! You've been glamoured by Ducky!

BazMember VIP10 years

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You see I really should look at the Gaga Thread list more often... this is where you all are... a tad shouty for a friday night mind

LOL.... but great practice for BB Zaphod

DuckyMember 10 years

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All I am doing is answering various criticisms which seem to me to be aimed at the coalition.... or more particularly the Tories....

And that's what tribalism does..... gets peoples backs up, makes you defensive, and all rational argument is lost.

If we promise not to scalp you Baz.....will you go easy on the naughty step?

BazMember VIP10 years

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As I understand it it just so happens that all the other MPs that are not in the Con-Lib coalition amount to a tad more that 50% + 1 . that may have been already stated but it is a bit of protectionism BUT this is new ground and it doesn't surprise me.

Me neither.....

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

<----- VIKING!!!!

suzybeanMember

I'm just trying to imagine half of the people here going through genuine upheavals or change like the Pogroms, or the Russian Revolution

ZaphodMember

Hang on.. it's Newsnight in a few minutes... let's see what Jeremy thinks

Z.

BazMember VIP10 years

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And that's what tribalism does..... gets peoples backs up, makes you defensive, and all rational argument is lost. If we promise not to scalp you Baz.....will you go easy on the naughty step?

LOL... can you be a tribe with just 1 person....

As for the naughty step..... not a chance!

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DuckyMember 10 years

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Hands up who is a sore loser?

Right....who started this thread? Whoever it was, can you go back, edit the title, and get all shouty for me please? .....THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT THE COALITION.

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

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I'm just trying to imagine half of the people here going through genuine upheavals like the Pogroms, or the Russian Revolution

*sings* Kumbaya my lord... Kumbaya...

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

*offers Ducky some of her meds*

XochiMember Memoriam

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Hang on.. it's Newsnight in a few minutes... let's see what Jeremy thinks

*follows Z out of the thread for same reason... Rufus-like!*

ZaphodMember

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Right....who started this thread? Whoever it was, can you go back, edit the title, and get all shouty for me please? .....THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT THE COALITION.

*Plays soothing Whale music with muted lights and soft furnishing*

Z.

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

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*Plays soothing Whale music with muted lights and soft furnishing*

She's not giving birth Zaph!

ZaphodMember

NEWSNIGHT... but no Jeremy

Z.

suzybeanMember

Hang on....wait for me............carry on self-medicating peeps

BazMember VIP10 years

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.....THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT THE COALITIO

*in best Michael Winner voice*... Calm down darhling..... it's only a commercial forum

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

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NEWSNIGHT... but no Jeremy

Who's filling in? Not Anne Robinson is it?

XochiMember Memoriam

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THIS THREAD IS NOT ABOUT THE COALITION.

I'd tried pointing that out too Duckster... *shrugs and leaves... even though Paxo isn't on Fridays

DuckyMember 10 years

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She's not giving birth Zaph

Shhhhhh....yes I am! I am giving birth to my interest in politics. It's bloody painful I can tell ya!

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

oh... in that case... have a beanbag & I'll put Enya on!

ZaphodMember

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Shhhhhh....yes I am! I am giving birth to my interest in politics. It's bloody painful I can tell ya!

Ah .. that explains it.. you'll be in labour then

Z.

DuckyMember 10 years

Ooooh...... maybe Newsnight could be an outlet for my pain?

DuckyMember 10 years

Sod it..... I can't reach the remote.

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

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Ooooh...... maybe Newsnight could be an outlet for my pain?

noooooooooooooo!

we've only just calmed you down!

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

phew!

BazMember VIP10 years

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Ah .. that explains it.. you'll be in labour then

DuckyMember 10 years

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Ah .. that explains it.. you'll be in labour then

How long does it last? At least five years I hope!

ZaphodMember

Have I caught the mood right?

Z.

brisketMember Memoriam

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We may have to convince the press though

....many of whom started trying to drive wedges from the first moment.

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

@ the grim reaper

XochiMember Memoriam

OMG! Look what I found looking for a pic of Terry Pratchett's Discworld character Death!!

ZaphodMember

I bet that duck is mortarfide

I'll get me coat.. again..

Z.

CarnelianMember 10 years

So much for Nick Clegg's "The failures of the old parties" and "a new politics" if a "new politics" means compromising nearly all your principles and to jetison three quarters of your policies and climb into bed with a party of ideological polar opposites then give me the 'old politics' any day.

The country can do without 'electoral reform' that keeps minority unpopular governments in office and makes 292 government MPs worth more than 350 of everyone else. I don't think many voters asked, "Can we have legislation to keep unpopular minority governments in office for longer?". Under these changes the Tories go from being a minority party of government to being a majority party of government without winning a single seat.

One excuse for this is harsh times and the government will have to make very unpopular decisions. However, World War 2 hasn't just broken out and surely the country can handle a few lean years and tough decisions without wrecking democractic principles! As much as it may pain this government to be a one term or less government, that's life!

XochiMember Memoriam

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I bet that duck is mortarfide

cologne 1Member Memoriam

I'm invisible.

ZaphodMember

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I'm invisible

Who said that?

Z.

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