sgraber
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posted on 5/5/05 at 03:23 AM |
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UK members - Will you vote tomorrow? 05/05/05
Just curious if everyone will be voting or not? I know nothing about the British system, but I hope that if you are allowed to vote, that you make it
count!
Good luck!
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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The Shootist
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posted on 5/5/05 at 03:32 AM |
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Does this mean it's our turn?????
To tell them how to vote????
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, Say no more...
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carcentric
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posted on 5/5/05 at 04:39 AM |
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I figure it'll turn out okay - if Tony Blair doesn't continue his service, it looks like he'll be replaced by a Conservative.
For us, the comparison might be if something happens to Bush while he's in office, we get Cheney!
M D "Doc" Nugent
http://www.carcentric.com
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JoelP
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posted on 5/5/05 at 07:32 AM |
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yup, im off to vote now first time ive been bothered actually
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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zilspeed
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posted on 5/5/05 at 07:41 AM |
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Yes - I will definitely be voting.
And that's as political as this posting will get
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ned
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posted on 5/5/05 at 07:43 AM |
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if you don't vote you forfit your right to moan about the management for the next 4 years
i'll be off shortly...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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bigandy
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posted on 5/5/05 at 08:32 AM |
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Personally, I don't think any of the candidates in my area deserve my Vote.
Where is the "none of the Above" box on the forms?
Cheers!
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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chris.russell
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posted on 5/5/05 at 08:50 AM |
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i'll be casting my vote later this evening, dispite still being regestered at my old house and knowing very little about the local candidates.
Mines a pint
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Hellfire
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posted on 5/5/05 at 08:59 AM |
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I already voted by post. However, I am very disillusioned by all the major parties and was tempted to 'spoil' my paper or simply not
vote.
I think the time has come to add a box labelled 'None of the above'
IMO
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DorsetStrider
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posted on 5/5/05 at 09:32 AM |
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Yes I'll be voting.
For the first time ever I'll be voting for labour (a wasted vote in my neck of the woods) but quite honestly it's either that or not
voting at all.
Who the f**K tightened this up!
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flak monkey
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posted on 5/5/05 at 11:24 AM |
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I just got back from my voting (and lecture).
If the conservatives get in i will NOT be happy. I dont see how anyone can vote for a party with virtually no policies (other than to slag off
everyone else), and the policies that do exist dont add up (like huge tax cuts which leave billions of pounds defecit). They are promising to cut
spending on schools and public services! If they get in all the good that labour have done will be undone, we will go back to the state the
country was in in '96. High interest rates, unstable economy and shoddy services. If they get in i dont see my self being able to buy a house
for the forseeable future as interest rates will rocket once again, damaging small businesses again in the process.
Does no one remeber what a state the country was in when Mr Howard was home secretary...?! Just imagine him priminister!
My vote was cast for labour, and the above demonstrates just a few of the reasons. Please dont vote for the torys!
Sorry to turn a political thread into what will no doubt turn into an argument...!
David
PS all the Torys hard lines on immigrants are funny really considering Howards grandparents (i think) were illegal immigrants...
[Edited on 5/5/05 by flak monkey]
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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britishtrident
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posted on 5/5/05 at 11:47 AM |
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I spoiled my paper in the last election for the Scottish Parliment -- just wrote spoiled right across it very satisfying.
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woodster
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posted on 5/5/05 at 11:54 AM |
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I'll be votin later the votin place is next to the pub which is next to the chinky not a bad night out and doin my duty .......... hopeful Mr
BLIAR will get a bloody nose
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Benzine
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posted on 5/5/05 at 12:12 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by flak monkey
Please dont vote for the torys!
This coming from a Nightwish fan (presumably from avatar)
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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flak monkey
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posted on 5/5/05 at 12:29 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by Benzine
quote: Originally posted by flak monkey
Please dont vote for the torys!
This coming from a Nightwish fan (presumably from avatar)
Your point being? (Nightwish are great)
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Peteff
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posted on 5/5/05 at 12:53 PM |
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It's a secret ballot...
So I'm not telling
[Edited on 5/5/05 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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NS Dev
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posted on 5/5/05 at 01:02 PM |
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have voted by post, and not to assist my nanny-state Bliar back in for another term of nothingness.
I have about had enough of the labour "everybody can work in the service industry, you don't need manufacturing"
government.
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Steve&Steve
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posted on 5/5/05 at 01:03 PM |
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I'm going to cast my vote now.
I found it usefull to read this...
BBC Election 2005
Guide
... before making my decision.
-Steve-
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flak monkey
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posted on 5/5/05 at 01:13 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by NS Dev
I have about had enough of the labour "everybody can work in the service industry, you don't need manufacturing"
Can you explain that one? If you are referring to the demise of Rover the thats nothing to do with the government as its not a state owned company.
The government was under no obligation to offer any help to them at all. Like if MK or GTS went bankrupt tomorrow then they would not be entitled to
any help from the government either.
Its a sad fact that manufacturing is dying in this country (and believe me i should be worried as i am doing a Manufacturing Engineering degree). The
problem is labour is too expensive in this country. We are unfortunately turing into a consumerist society, where people want everything as cheap as
possible (hence the stupid amount of crap electronic equipment etc that is on the market, it does a job, but not very well). Until people realise that
you get what you pay for (most of the time) then manufacturing will continue to dissappear. [sarcasm] after all why pay £150 for a decent DVD player
made in the UK, when you can buy one for £30 that does the same job made in china?[/sarcasm]. If you want to help save manufacturing jobs, then people
have to start buying british stuff.
Just think, the french buy predominantly french cars, germans buy mainly german cars, americans buy american etc. What do we do? We buy everyone elses
and risk our own businesses (eg rover). If theres anyone to blame for the demise of engineering/skilled jobs in this country its you and me....
One thing we will always hold onto though is the production of innovative products and cutting edge technology.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Steve&Steve
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posted on 5/5/05 at 02:01 PM |
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Just got back from the polling station, just out of interest did anyone else have any trouble with the system?
I was issued two parlimentary votes!! My postal vote for 'Richmond' constituency and also a normal ballot card for 'Leeds
North' constituency.
I took them both to the polling station and asked which I should be using. Its sorted out now anyway, but this shouldn't happen should it!
I used my 'Leeds North' vote because its a marginal seat so my vote will actually count. 'Richmond' is a safe Tory seat so
whatever I put if I voted there wouldn't make a lot of difference I dont think.
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Noodle
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posted on 5/5/05 at 02:51 PM |
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I'm considering drawing a cock on mine.
Anyone have any suggestions as to an appropriate motif?
Your sort make me sick
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clbarclay
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posted on 5/5/05 at 03:22 PM |
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Spoiling the paper is the easy way to vote for 'non of the above'. Just select all two or more parties
Your vote doesn't count towards any party, but your registered as voting.
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Benzine
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posted on 5/5/05 at 03:34 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by flak monkey
Your point being? (Nightwish are great)
Yeah just messing with you Nightwish aren't really my kind of metal but I do like some of their stuff. 'Bless the child', for
example
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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James
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posted on 5/5/05 at 03:49 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by Steve&Steve
Just got back from the polling station, just out of interest did anyone else have any trouble with the system?
I was issued two parlimentary votes!! My postal vote for 'Richmond' constituency and also a normal ballot card for 'Leeds
North' constituency.
I took them both to the polling station and asked which I should be using. Its sorted out now anyway, but this shouldn't happen should it!
I used my 'Leeds North' vote because its a marginal seat so my vote will actually count. 'Richmond' is a safe Tory seat so
whatever I put if I voted there wouldn't make a lot of difference I dont think.
So something simple we've been doing for a few hundred years can't be done right (organising an election) whilst people think that the
government will successfully spend a few billion quid on a highly complex ID card system!!!
Yes, I will be voting.
And fortunately, I know that where I live my vote *will* make a difference!
(I'm in a Liberal/Tory marginal- Liberals one by just 534 votes last time!).
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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James
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posted on 5/5/05 at 03:53 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by The Shootist
To tell them how to vote????
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, Say no more...
Feel free!
Our monkey is probably controlled by the same people that your illiterate monkey is controlled by!
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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