well the way I feel, none of the Governments speak for, or even have anything in common with "the people" at roots level.
Im more than tempted to go Green this year, as are a lot of people.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:31, 5 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

I don't trust none of em and they all look like numpties.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:32, Reply)

there's only 1 government.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:33, Reply)

tin foil hat time

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:36, Reply)

no, I mean, there is only 1 government. the others are political parties.
Dingus.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:37, Reply)

It's disappointing that we didn't take the opportunity to change our voting system when we had the chance.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:35, Reply)

yeah, that was a dissapointing turn.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:36, Reply)

The Greens look set to pick up where the Lib Dems left off.
Nonsense policies, 0 chance of being elected, a safe protest vote.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:40, Reply)

I'm just going to vote for myself.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:41, Reply)

I'll probably end up voting Labour,
in the vain hope of unseating the Tory incumbent.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:43, Reply)

incumbent is a lovely word to say
INCUMBENT
(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:47, Reply)

IN
CUM
BENT
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:55, Reply)

you've ruined it now

(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:57, Reply)

I have a horrible feeling the conservatives will just take a minority again.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:47, Reply)

It's the lack of a remotely credible alternative that makes this the most likely outcome.
I shudder to think who will be propping them up.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:50, Reply)

One of the big problems is that too many voters believe the rhetoric about what you will get from each party.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:50, Reply)

but you can't expect everyone to have the time or inclination to do good research on outcomes and economy and what the promises mean.
The problem is the way it's reported and discussed in the media.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:53, Reply)

It would be better if we had an education system that equipped people better to assess these things.
Most of the media is pretty shit, but it's just another victim of capitalism.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:57, Reply)

I reckon I'd be a great teacher.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:00, Reply)

Would you do that sitting backwards on a chair thing?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:02, Reply)

all day.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:07, Reply)

So cool.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:09, Reply)

wearing a skirt

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:34, Reply)

our current libdem mp is pretty decent as a local representative
it's almost a shame he's got no power in gubmint and will be booted out at the next election
(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:42, Reply)

By all accounts, Grant Shapps is an excellent local representative (he's not my MP, but his constituency covers my place of work).
Doesn't make him any less of an insufferable cunt, though.

Not sure what point I'm trying to make, tbh.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:47, Reply)

the original intent of parliament was that MPs should represent the interests of their constituents
and a national government should be formed out of a consensus of those representatives

But now we effectively elect a party and a leader and the more senior an MP becomes, the more separated from his constituency interests
(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:50, Reply)

No, you must be wrong.
There was a nice an angry man on the radio, last week, explaining that the televised debates were pointless, as we don't vote for the party leaders.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:53, Reply)

we shouldn't
but there have been loads of polls showing that people are far more likely to know the names of the party leaders than of their local representatives and candidates

This is a genuine case of BROKEN BRITAIN
(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:56, Reply)

Are we any nearer to a case of something actually GOING MAD yet?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:58, Reply)

it's still a neck-and-neck race between Health'n'Safety and Political Correctness

(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:05, Reply)

I reckon it's political correctness gone mad that you can't punch a colleague when you're hungry.
#satire
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:10, Reply)

It's good that someone took a poll to find out the staggeringly obvious.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:01, Reply)

sometimes the staggeringly obvious turns out to be false
that's why we have SCIENCE
(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:05, Reply)

Science ought to spend less time dicking about with opinion polls,
and solve world hunger, or something.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:19, Reply)

They are too far away from the current government to be a protest vote
And there is nothing safe about it - their policies are far closer to traditional Labour voter's hearts, but I suspect most Labour voters will be too scared to vote for them out of fear of helping the Tories.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:48, Reply)

When you squint from a distance, the Greens almost look like the ideal party.
When you get a good close up look at them though, unfortunately it turns out they are mostly batshit mental.
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:50, Reply)

That's surely an improvement on the main parties who look shit from any distance.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:52, Reply)

it's weird that people seem to have a problem with potentially pie in the sky policy from an untested party,
But are happy to reelect parties that have proven themselves liars.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:58, Reply)

Well, what actually happens is they become disillusioned with the system and withdraw from it, rather than trying something else.
The main parties still retain a lot of their core voters, the floating voters who usually decide the outcomes have floated off, leaving us with hung parliaments.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:01, Reply)

^ This.
On the plus side, our system ought to see the Greens wandering perennially at the fringe, where they can't do any harm.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:05, Reply)

They still might get my vote, which will have no bearing whatsoever on the outcome of the general election.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:08, Reply)

yeah, but you're some sort of bonkers hippy, the party would cease to exist without your lot.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:14, Reply)

I'd slag you off for this, but I tend to throw my vote away on the local Trots.
Glass houses, and all that.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:16, Reply)