The progressive majority
Those of my friends who are into politics keep telling me that the majority of people in Britain are progressive and vote for progressive parties (anyone except the Tories, UKIP, BNP I think).

I'm not really sure that this is true, and using some cunning numerical analysis, I think I'm onto some serious evidence that the largest of people in Britain don't give a crap either way, and are swiftly followed by another massive bunch of people who have voted both "progressive" and "non-progressive", sometimes even simultaneously when there are local/national elections co-inciding.

This leads me to believe that people with a settled and definite political viewpoint are wierdy freaks. But they disagree with my analysis. Occasionally quite emotionally.
( prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Tue 18 Oct 2011, 10:05, 9 replies)

Most people couldn't give a shit just as long as
there's good telly on, and they can get food and booze easily.

Who runs the show matters as much to them as how the programming of a computer works.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 18 Oct 2011, 10:36, closed)

^^^^^ What she said ^^^^^

( The Mock Turtle ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Tue 18 Oct 2011, 11:03, closed)

I agree with this sentiment.
Also, I like breasts.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Tue 18 Oct 2011, 11:49, closed)

Bread and circuses...
"twas ever thus" or some such other pretentious response.

Suppose "plus ca change" might be equally irritating.
( prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Tue 18 Oct 2011, 11:03, closed)

Ignoring the inherent bias of the idea of "progressive" and "non-progressive" parties
The very fact the Tories keep getting elected would clearly show the idea of the majority voting for "progressive" parties to be utter bollocks.
( evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 18 Oct 2011, 11:36, closed)

Who the majority votes for and who's in power aren't always very neatly correlated.
Remember it's often more about the location of the votes than sheer numbers. Nevertheless, I agree with the initial analysis that most people don't care.
(StapMyVitals wouldn't mind a bit of that, Tue 18 Oct 2011, 12:16, closed)

Although it is a bit crude...
...I think the "progressive" and "non-progressive" terms are related to taxation policy, and are technical economic terms.

Progressive means the richer you are, the more tax you pay (progressively). It's not an accusation of non-innovation.

Nevertheless the crude groupings would still be non-sensical, as the BNP are not noted for their Adam-Smith-driven economic policy. It's most often applied as "broadly agrees with the Guardian" or "doesn't"
( prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Tue 18 Oct 2011, 13:06, closed)

These brainwashed sheep make the mistake of thinking we're
as stupid as they are.

I was watching something on TV a while ago, can't really even remember what it was, but some smelly crusty outside the houses of parliament was yapping about something, and he came up with 'The vast majority of the UK population are in favour of a republic'.

What? Since when?

Don't stand there lying, ya cunt. You might have heard this from some other muppet, but repeating it on national TV only proves that you're a gullible idiot.
(username failed moderation, Tue 18 Oct 2011, 11:37, closed)

does
"hate thatcher/tories" count as a political viewpoint? Thare's quite a ot of that about, it seems.
(haberman is singing in the changes, Wed 19 Oct 2011, 13:24, closed)