Could the Tea Party protest movement be on its way to a fed-up Britain?

09-10-10, 02:42 PM

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Britain could import the ‘insurgency’ tactics of the ‘Tea Party’ movement where government attempts to impose higher taxes have led to mass protests and threatened to derail conventional politics.
The UK-based Taxpayers Alliance held talks with the FreedomWorks movement at a conference for right wing campaign groups in London.

A new wave of ‘Tea Party’ protests, named after the uprising against the British state’s imposition of tax on tea imports to America in 1773

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0z9pPX618

09-10-10, 02:58 PM

So it would be a conservative group together with a conservative group each filled with conservative politicians and conservative party members protesting against errrr.....the conservative government and conservative party they belong to.

STEED · 09-10-10, 03:48 PM

Hardly...Most people rather watch Eastenders.

Most of the population can not make the effort to see there Member of Parliament.

Oberon · 09-10-10, 04:17 PM

Naah, and if it does it's hardly going to be as vocal and thread derailing as the US version.

TarJak · 09-10-10, 04:27 PM

How soon people forget:

Oberon · 09-10-10, 04:47 PM

Yeah, but that was before mass mass-media and the death of the intelligence of the general public.
It would be good to have protests on that scale again (although I do pity the poor coppers stuck in the middle of it) but even then...would the government listen? Would it heck as like!
Nope, we're stuck with it unfortunately.

TarJak · 09-10-10, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Yeah, but that was before mass mass-media and the death of the intelligence of the general public.
It would be good to have protests on that scale again (although I do pity the poor coppers stuck in the middle of it) but even then...would the government listen? Would it heck as like!
Nope, we're stuck with it unfortunately.

Like any elected officials if enough protest is raised and they risk losing power then they listen.

Oberon · 09-10-10, 04:59 PM

I dunno Tarjak, I'd like to believe that's true...but things just aren't as united in the United Kingdom as they used to be. Maybe I'll be surprised, who knows, but even the Mayday parades are quiet affairs these days, probably because of the extremely heavy police presence.

TarJak · 09-10-10, 05:05 PM

I've never thought of the poms as a complacent bunch once thier ire gets raised. I live with one so I should know.

Oberon · 09-10-10, 05:12 PM

Oh, when we get going there's not much to stop us....

It's just getting us going. I think a lot of people are angry...but not angry enough to risk being labeled a terrorist or put on a criminal records list.

TarJak · 09-10-10, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Oh, when we get going there's not much to stop us....

It's just getting us going. I think a lot of people are angry...but not angry enough to risk being labeled a terrorist or put on a criminal records list.

Aye maybe that is the difference between 2010 and 1990. In 1990 anarchy was still alive and well in the UK. In 2010 it gets picked up by MI6 and disappears or labelled terrorism.

gimpy117 · 09-10-10, 05:38 PM

god i hope not.

09-10-10, 05:42 PM

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How soon people forget:

But freedom works and the tax alliance are the very people who would be in favour of that poll tax the rest of the country went mad against

09-10-10, 07:28 PM

So Brits are lazy, about themselves and their government.

Gerald · 09-10-10, 07:52 PM

09-10-10, 03:48 PM	#3
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09-10-10, 02:58 PM	#2
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	So it would be a conservative group together with a conservative group each filled with conservative politicians and conservative party members protesting against errrr.....the conservative government and conservative party they belong to.

09-10-10, 04:17 PM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Naah, and if it does it's hardly going to be as vocal and thread derailing as the US version.

09-10-10, 04:27 PM	#5
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	How soon people forget:

09-10-10, 04:47 PM	#6
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Yeah, but that was before mass mass-media and the death of the intelligence of the general public. It would be good to have protests on that scale again (although I do pity the poor coppers stuck in the middle of it) but even then...would the government listen? Would it heck as like! Nope, we're stuck with it unfortunately.

09-10-10, 04:59 PM	#8
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I dunno Tarjak, I'd like to believe that's true...but things just aren't as united in the United Kingdom as they used to be. Maybe I'll be surprised, who knows, but even the Mayday parades are quiet affairs these days, probably because of the extremely heavy police presence.

09-10-10, 05:05 PM	#9
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I've never thought of the poms as a complacent bunch once thier ire gets raised. I live with one so I should know.

09-10-10, 05:12 PM	#10
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Oh, when we get going there's not much to stop us.... It's just getting us going. I think a lot of people are angry...but not angry enough to risk being labeled a terrorist or put on a criminal records list.

09-10-10, 07:28 PM	#14
The Third Man Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	So Brits are lazy, about themselves and their government.