Also,
Just for the record...

I am very liberal. I have voted Labour in every election I have been eligible to vote in.

I just happen to still think that Gordon Brown is a cunt.

And Blair for that matter, but I didn't realise that when I helped get him elected.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Sat 24 Jan 2009, 15:06, 2 replies)

Hmm, several contradictions here
1) there is a Lib. Dem party, if you were liberal maybe you could vote for them. Just an idea, that will never take on. We insist on voting for Labour / Conservative even though we ***know*** both parties are deeply flawed, because:

(a) The Lib Dems don't have any experience in government;
(b) they won't get enough votes to get in, so why bother.

I find these statements amusing in a hideous sort of way, knowing that we are going to have a Tory government next thanks to this sort of thinking.

(2) If you thought Blair was a cunt, why did you vote for him three times ?
( I_Was_Mordred, Sat 24 Jan 2009, 20:08, closed)

I like Blair but not Brown
For all the crap Blair got, I thought the guy was pretty pragmatic, as open as any politician can be (which is to say not much), and generally did try to justify his actions in an articulate and generally coherent manner. If you asked Bush why he did this or that I expect you would be met by mumbling nonsense. I thought the whole Iraq war was bullshit but I think Britain was trapped by its obligations to some extent.

Brown has the charisma of a damp stain on the wall which hardly makes for for much uplifting feelings. At least he is an ex-chancellor and has more than a clue how the economy works. Maybe he's the best choice to have right now despite his personality bypass.
(MagicMoose, Mon 26 Jan 2009, 13:19, closed)