if it could ever work on a practical level, it would be good to vote per major policy rather than per useless party
so an education vote, an NHS vote, etc. as it would be impossible to administer in practice, i'd bring back gladiator contests (roman style not stupid costume style) for politicians.

not sure how many of the losers would get a mercy thumbs up from the crowd, but it's a risk i'm willing to take. especially if we can have a threeway battle between farage, miliband and cameron for the opening fight of the season.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 15:37, 26 replies)

Farrij would win, what with him having the constitution of a Terminator.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 15:49, closed)

if farage slays cameron and miliband
and then gets slaughtered by a unanimous thumbs down from the crowd...

WELL, WHO WOULDN'T WANT THAT, EH? EH??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 15:55, closed)

Pretty sure he can't be harmed by the weapons of our time.
It'll be a bloodbath.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 28 Apr 2015, 9:26, closed)

make him watch round 2
the harriet harman -v- ann widdecombe oiled up sweat fest.

that'll finish him off in about 30 seconds.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 28 Apr 2015, 9:28, closed)

The sign to spare a life was actually to conceal your thumb inside your fist, the thumbs up/down gesture is speculation as the actual hand gesture isn't known.
Cheers.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 16:36, closed)

terrible discrimination against thumbless nobles

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 18:20, closed)

I think
the thumb up was to symbolise an unsheathed sword, so may have been used to signify the killing of the opponent.
( social hand grenade I was a lurker before you were a lurker, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 18:21, closed)

i'd be quite happy to say the politician gets nailed regardless of the gesture
how's that?

i'll chuck davina mccall and jonathon woss in there too.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 18:28, closed)

Pollice verso don't mean fums up m8

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 19:37, closed)

Around 100% of people would agree to spend more money on anything that sounds good.
Also, around 100% of people would agree to a decrease in their tax bill. (Obviously, this is in reply to the first bit, not the second bit, of your answer)
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 16:47, closed)

oh i dunno
quite a few people are in favour of higher taxes. but then again, usually for other people, not themselves, i guess.

i suspect 100% of people might pay to fund a gladiator battle between politicians. imagine a greased up ann widdecombe taking on harriet harman...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 17:21, closed)

I'm fairly sure I'd pay to not see that.

(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 17:39, closed)

Which leads me to suggest an alternative to the BBC licence fee:
Pay nothing, and you get a digital sewer pumping bilge into your living room, like everyone currently has... you would then have the option to pay more to remove some portion of that shit, including all the adverts.

I'd pay to never see football, talent competitions, or any bits of the news where Owen Jones is wheeled out to cry about something.
(eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 17:42, closed)

I do imagine that, quite regularly.

(zebideedoodah likes florence but prefers venice, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 17:54, closed)

referendums go against the fundamental principle of representative democracy

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 17:25, closed)

you go against the fundamental principles of being human

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 18:08, closed)

your face looks like a jobbie

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 18:15, closed)

no returns.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 18:15, closed)

if you did half an hour of background reading on representative democracy versus direct democracy you'd sound slightly less like a naïve sixth former
hth
(lol man river definite greek god, Tue 28 Apr 2015, 8:47, closed)

hint hint
stuff typed on b3ta may not be representative of people's real life views and thoughts. it may be silly stuff.

now back under your rock, gramps.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 28 Apr 2015, 8:52, closed)

yeah ... soz ... forgot ... you're "pretending" to be ignorant
again
(lol man river definite greek god, Tue 28 Apr 2015, 8:55, closed)

hahahaha
you really are the gift that keeps on giving.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 28 Apr 2015, 8:59, closed)

The problem with involving people directly with the political decision making process
...is that it assumes that the people in question are willing (and able) to understand the issues in enough depth to make an informed decision. Most people, conversely, get their opinions from Facebook and Jeremy Clarkson, and have the depth of understanding of a concussed puppy.

These are the people who attempted to lynch a pediatrician, remember, not being clear on the distinction between "-ophile" and "-iatrician", and a large percentage of whom think that the Sun revolves around the Earth, and that humans and dinosaurs co-existed.

source: www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/27/spanish_government_minister_claims_citizens_are_thick_as_pig_poop/
OK, so that's Spain, but I doubt if it will be much different here
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 28 Apr 2015, 14:29, closed)

the peadiatrician thing never happened.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 28 Apr 2015, 18:04, closed)

True... it was a bibliophile.

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Tue 28 Apr 2015, 20:25, closed)

Yeah fuck the budget
lets have everything we want, now, all at once.
What could possibly go wrong with that?
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 30 Apr 2015, 13:19, closed)