UK Politics Thread

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by BossMark

Well I did have a couple, and lets hope hope that dont happen and Labour can get a majority, so come on Ed get your finger out.

Could be pretty hard with Ed at the helm.

[Red Devil]

with the UKIP ripping the heart out of Tory/Lib votes and to a certain extent, Labour. I can see labour getting back in by default. You see the average british labour voter is beset with an uncurable disease called apathy. They think that they have to vote labour, not because of any affinity to them, but 'they don't want Thatcher back in - honest! That's a reason they give. Nobody told them she was dead.

[Oberon]

This was incredibly well reported in the mainstream media, wasn't it?

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/...oples-assembly

[Jimbuna]

BBC Radio Newcastle made brief mention to the event yesterday and I wholeheartedly agree with their quote from Russell Brand...

"The people of this building [the House of Commons] generally speaking do not represent us, they represent their friends in big business. It's time for us to take back our power,"

[STEED]

Not very cleaver remark from this Labour MP

Shadow Business Secretary Mr Umunna yesterday said that disconnected voters who are also unable to perform basic IT tasks are some of those who feel marginalised in society - many of whom voted Ukip.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...s-9556547.html

Another MP who lives with this lot..

Not very cleaver remark from this Labour MP

I don't know, he certainly butchered the point he was trying to make.

[STEED]

Hacking trial: Coulson guilty, Brooks cleared of charges

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27997688


I can't say I'm taken back as some one had to take the


Next up the Cameron in the dock...We can only hope.

Money is greed, greed is power, power is control, control is corruption.

[Jimbuna]

What of the sentence then?

[BossMark]

Wonder how much it cost toffboy to get his bit on the side off the hook, an yes STEED lets see toffboy in the dock next

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

What of the sentence then?

Your very own man servant for a year.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by BossMark

Wonder how much it cost toffboy to get his bit on the side off hook

A number of filthy dirty pervert sexual acts along with swag bags of money.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Your very own man servant for a year.

A hard days work would probably kill him

[Jimbuna]

During a fundraising dinner speech last night, Tony Blair is said to have commented that there is a 'shortage of common sense' right now in the UK ...

At which point the people who paid £5,000 a plate for their dinner applauded in agreement.

[BossMark]

Commentators are saying that hiring Andrew Coulson as his spin doctor was the worst mistake of David Cameron's career.

No, the worst mistake of David Cameron's career was David Cameron's career.

[Jimbuna]

Judge rebukes Cameron for comments on Coulson conviction.

The judge in the phone hacking trial has rebuked David Cameron for commenting on the conviction of Andy Coulson before the trial ended.

The prime minister has apologised for employing former News of the World editor Coulson as his media chief.

Mr Justice Saunders said his intervention was "unsatisfactory" and set a bad example to the media.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28014035