Are we really surprised??

Oh. Just ordinary people then. No wonder I fell out with politics (or actually politicians) about 10 years ago.

 

M.F... its one big joke but what is the answer

 

A successful gunpowder plot :D

 

Well, if the 30%-40% who don't vote went to the polls and wrote on the ballot paper "no suitable canditate", it's considered a spoiled paper. But you can't be considered to be "apathetic". So any politician worth his salt would see that's how he could get into power. Then, maybe, someone would start listening. If you vote, you're agreeing with the system so they don't care what you think.
A long time ago, in a different life, I arrested a Politician, (D&D) and he told me, "A Politician stands for himself", A lesson well learned. We learnt something, in the 60's. If you guys think like you do and still vote, actually I'll shut up now. Night, Night

 

Cajary,why dont you stand, and change things :confused:

 

i'm not clever. i would just like to put a point across.

if you (one) don't vote, don't moan. you haven't tried to change it. if you (one) doesn't feel that anyone up for the vote is worth it, then you(one - i'm not doing that anymore!) should be able to say so.

i will now look at being 'apathetic' on votes. i didn't know you could do that. lets hope that the goverenment, whoever, will recognise this if it is the majority vote.

blimey folks, hope i haven't annnoyed anyone.

i don't do : politics, religion or anything else that kills people. Only if it counts that was a 'unfunny quote' no offence

cheers

 

I always vote even though I think (know) that 99% of people in politics 'stand for themselves' (quote cajary). When I was a local councillor I like to think I was honest and I knew one other guy on the council who was 100% honest. I was an independent and he belonged to a party that I don't really support. But I would have voted for him if he was in my ward. So unless I think someone is doing (or going to do) the job for the good of (most of) the people they represent and not for their own interests I don't vote for any of them. But I said I always vote. Yes I write N.O.T.A. on the ballot paper - None Of The Above.

 

i will do that next time, John.
do you think if enough people do it, things might change?
cheers
sandra

 

Hi, guys. Sorry to take a long time replying but it's been an " interesting" weekend.
Ydd. I did and couldn't get people interested enough to try an alternative system. Would you like to try it on an organised basis? We could start a "Don't vote for them, it only encourages them" party.
Ser. and Bor. Yes, if enough people do it, it will make a differnce, most people vote negatively. "I don't like them, so I'll vote for the other lot." If enough people stop voting, they might get the mesage!
I should have spent my life on a soap box at Hyde Corner :D

 

No thanks Cajary i went to hyde corner with a bunch of girl friends, we sat on deck chairs listening to the rubbish coming out of there mouths, we thought it was hillarious we were even called Lesb...s :D which cracked us up even more...

 

Hi, ydd. When I lived in "The Smoke" we considered Hyde Park Corner as a source of entertainment when we didn't have enough money to get a beer.!! It' a good laugh, isn't it? I should have had a crack at it. I don't know who would have laughed as much, me or the crowd :D

 

My biggest enemy, Pen-pushers.
I have had to deal with them all my working life.
Their main job is to pass the buck when things go wrong, which nine times out of ten they are the instigators off!
Politions are pen-pushers who are just further up the food chain.
Even with the best intentions they get things a**s about t*t because the left hand dosen't know what the right hands doing most of the time.
Ahhhh, that's better, I've had a hard day today, so needed to vent my spleen.