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Which Party will you vote for in the General Elections?
Labour 6 (33.3%)
Conservative 1 (5.6%)
Lib Dems 9 (50%)
SNP 0 (0%)
BNP 0 (0%)
Other? 2 (11.1%)
Total Votes: 18
Who are you going to vote for?
Topic Started: Apr 20 2005, 02:28 PM (1,147 Views)
bandit210571
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With the general elections in the U.K just a few weeks away, I thought it would be interesting to see the opinions of the I.F members.....

I will be Voting Labour, AGAIN!

Oven though I'm not impressed with Labours record over the past 5 years, they are still be best of a bad bunch! The Conservatives should NEVER be allowed to have power again. And the Lib Dems are basically a joke!

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Francis
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I might vote Lib Dem... Less student fees. ;)

Either that or Labour.
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tropicaldawn (CC)
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I'm not voting for 2 reasons.

I am 14

I am Irish
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JoeC
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I can;t vote, but if I could, Lib Dems.
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Candyguitar
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I'd either vote Labour, but more likely Lib Dems so that's what I voted for.
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kingy
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I don't know if any of you know this (especially the non-british on here!), but in England anybody can run for parliment. There are literally no rules with who can run for government. This has led to the "Monster Raving Loony Party" who just run for a joke.
They know they don't stand a chance of winning, ever, so they have the best manifesto ever....here are a few of the highlights. (this is all true)

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We will issue a 99p coin to save on change.

Rich people should be taxed to pay for the printing of money, as they use most of it.

Any minister found telling lies will be shot across the English Channel in a high velocity circus cannon to save time and first class travel expenses. Top British engineers will be employed to plot the correct trajectory. A European funded net will be set up strategically in front of the European parliament so that when the errant MP hits it, he or she will bounce through the second floor window where they will be handed champagne and canapé at a reception hosted by Leon Brittan and Peter Mandelson.

Bright pupils will be provided with dimmer switches to prevent them distracting the rest of the class.

Any child who is cleverer than their teacher will be allowed to take over the class and the teacher will stand at the back with a dunce’s hat on. He or she will then be on half pay until he or she has learnt enough to regain the upper ground. This is our policy for child empowerment.

Eton and Oxford will be relocated to Blackpool and Bognor Regis leaving the other Universities with a chance of a bigger intake.

We will replace the House of Lords with the House of Cards, to make it easier for the Government to deal with.

4 wheel drive vehicles will only be allowed to drive off road, therefore stopping mothers picking up their children from school in them when they only live 100 yards down the road. They will also be wrapped in bubble wrap to make them safer.

Drivers will be allowed to drive over roundabouts when there’s nothing about. This will make driving through Milton Keynes much more fun.

Any kerbs that are caught crawling will be arrested and the council will be fined £100.000 pounds.

Police helmets will be re introduced and made even sillier. The higher a police rank then the higher their hat becomes. At Christmas they will be able to put flashing lights on them and generally decorate them. Once they have achieved the rank of Chief Constable the height of their hats will not allow them to leave their office, which they don’t anyway.

The Millennium Bridge will be made wobbly again, by building a pub at either end.

Immigration: everyone wanting to come and live in the UK will be made welcome, so long as they are over the age of 85 and accompanied by both parents.

Fox hunting will be re introduced under the “one hound – one dog” policy to make it a bit fairer.

All foreign G.Ps in England and Wales will be taught the local dialect so they know when their patients feel Jiggered (Tired), Manky (Rough), Gipping (Vomiting) or have got somit rang with their Fizog (Face).

All WMD’s (weapons of Mass Distraction) will be made highly visible so that we can find them.

The white cliffs of Dover will be painted blue to camouflage our islands.

Buckingham Place will be defended by triffids, cultivated by Prince Charles.

Anyone criticising defence will be made to mend it with de hammer and de nails.

To keep up with the present government we promise to introduce many policies that have not been thought through properly, purely for cheap votes.

These include:


Making everyone a lottery winner
Providing beer for school children
Giving everyone a quid who votes for us


and finally

The Queen

In future the National Anthem will be ‘Bring Me Sunshine’ as sung by Morecambe and Wise. It is quicker, more tuneful and people know the words. On state occasions Prince Philip will juggle his spectacles up and down and say, “Hey!” before the whole of the The Royal family do the dance off at the end. If the music can not be found because it was left in the pub then it may be substituted by ‘The Hippo Song’ by Flanders and Swann.


Superb...to say the least...the full manefesto (that was a small extract can be found here http://www.omrlp.com/

Incredible really, but thats democracy for ya!

Kingy
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JoeC
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Good 'ole MRLP. I believe at some point, their Party Leader was a cat called Mr. Tibbles, but I'm not certain - it may just have been a rumour. Can anyone clarify?
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tropicaldawn
April 20, 2005 01:47 PM
I'm not voting for 2 reasons.

I am 14

I am Irish

race/color/weather your irish, canadian, mexican, or what ever else DOESN'T mean you can't vote. Just voting age (18) does. Corrding to the 15th admentment of the US Constitution"all races get to vote"

"Amendment XV (1870)
Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."

foudn that above from a site I 'stumpled' abone via a FIRefox extension. My history Techer(s) made a song for us 8th grades to rember the admendments, 1st to the 19th, I think. tune was the 12 days of christmas, didn't do all 19. skipped some like the 9/10,11,12,16,17,18.

i'm part irish, part american, and part candian, i'm 15 but only thing holding me bac is the voting age, have to wait 3 more years before I can (If I ever will).
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Angeleyes2391
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Can't vote, but I'd vote Lib Dem if I could.
There was a Lib Dem guy on BBC Three the other day who said "[A Lib Dem government] would not go to war over disingenuous and dodgy dossiers.", which is just the best quote ever.
My dad's running for MP of Exeter for the Greens though, Greens are good, although they're against cloning.
But I don't really care that much. As long as BNP, or UKIP, or whatever Robert Kilroy-Silk's party is, don't win.
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dbzlotrfan
April 20, 2005 02:30 PM
race/color/weather your irish, canadian, mexican, or what ever else DOESN'T mean you can't vote. Just voting age (18) does. Corrding to the 15th admentment of the US Constitution"all races get to vote"

"Amendment XV (1870)
Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Section 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."

foudn that above from a site I 'stumpled' abone via a FIRefox extension. My history Techer(s) made a song for us 8th grades to rember the admendments, 1st to the 19th, I think. tune was the 12 days of christmas, didn't do all 19. skipped some like the 9/10,11,12,16,17,18.

i'm part irish, part american, and part candian, i'm 15 but only thing holding me bac is the voting age, have to wait 3 more years before I can (If I ever will).

What exactly does that have to do with anything?
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Jimi
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Can we define some of those terms for us Americans out there... i only know conservative, and i sure am not voting for them in america... Is Blair Elligable again?
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Queen Bee
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I'll vote Labour - there isn't much of a choice when you look at who are standing against them I'm afraid. Now if we could take a bit of each parties manifesto, we'd be laughing. :D
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Yes, we Americans are very poorly educated and are generally completely ignorant of anything happening outside our borders, unless it's us killing a bunch of people somewhere, and then we only know what our corporate media tells us, so if there's a good site that explains what the various parties are all about this year and whatnot, a link might be helpful.
Not that it really matters, as I'm sure this topic was directed at those who can actually vote, but it's always nice to know what people are talking about.
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Angeleyes2391
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vot...ics/default.stm

^^There are profiles of the main parties there. (On a convenient dropdown list :yes: )
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