The 2015 Popularity Contest (aka UK General Election )

[peteblue]

"Quite frankly, we’re puzzled why Europe isn’t gagging for this,” says one American official

No wonder it's going slowly........

 

[Bruce Wayne]

"Quite frankly, we’re puzzled why Europe isn’t gagging for this,” says one American official

No wonder it's going slowly........

To be fair, he was probably from the CIA

 

[Clint Planet]

 

[EverBlue86]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30417955

Miliband admitting Labour will make cuts if they win the election now too

Seems like the cuts are here to stay whoever wins in May

UKIP is more for the working classes than Labour. LOL

 

[EverBlue86]

Corporate power being protected is the only one around so sound, (unless you count labours postal votes in elections as a tick for that fraudulent one)

 

[Clint Planet]

UKIP is more for the working classes than Labour. LOL

LOL, indeed.

No to creeping Fascism! Fight the real enemy, brothers!

 

[Clint Planet]

Corporate power being protected is the only one around so sound, (unless you count labours postal votes in elections as a tick for that fraudulent one)

Oh dear, you've embarrassed yourself, there.

 

[AlE]

I am only a young fella, but it seems to me that a party's manifesto accounts for sod all when they don't follow through at all with what they've "promised".

Makes it hard to know who to vote for.

 

[Clint Planet]

I am only a young fella, but it seems to me that a party's manifesto accounts for sod all when they don't follow through at all with what they've "promised".

Makes it hard to know who to vote for.

It's a very good point. Avoid UKIP at all costs, though.

 

[AlE]

It's a very good point. Avoid UKIP at all costs, though.

Well I wouldn't, but that's partly because I think Farage is an utter bell!!

I'm a believer in voting for the individual rather than the party... My problem is that I think they're all s***!!

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

UKIP is more for the working classes than Labour. LOL

Please explain, unless that was in jest!

 

[EverBlue86]

Oh dear, you've embarrassed yourself, there.

Going through that mate:

Powerful nationalism? We have people flying out to fight in Syria alongside anyone flying an English flag being called racist so no to that one.

Scapegoats? Their are scapegoats on both sides (the left only see the big business cartels whilst the right only see immigrants)

Supremacy of the military: LOL what military?

Rampant Sexism? Unless you count sheilas wheels as Sexism men get the short end of the stick so nope.

Controlled mass media? Nope

Obsession with national security: hardly unless you include the big brother state we are under from the Westminster elite.

Religion and government: with gay marriage a big slap in the face to the church and the fear of upsetting Islam over here nope

Corporate power: yes sadly.

Labour power is suppressed: not to the extent that it would under a fascist or communist regime

Disdain for intellectuals: if by intellectuals it means the 20 year old guardian reading media studies student bed wetting types then hell yeah!

Obsession with crime and punishment: We wish this countries justice system is a shambles. We just saw a child rapist get off the hook.

Corrupt elections: we can't say but I doubt it (Again unless you count labours postal voting strategy as shifty)

 

[EverBlue86]

Please explain, unless that was in jest!

Neither are for the working class, but at least UKIP's Anti EU stance and policies on immigration is what the majority of the working classes want, compared to the Pro EU labour party.

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

Neither are for the working class, but at least UKIP's Anti EU stance and policies on immigration is what the majority of the working classes want, compared to the Pro EU labour party.

I didn't know the working class people in the UK were so anti-EU and would be interested to know if this is true.

I'm from such a class and I am pro-EU although I may be atypical.

 

[sd_1992]

I didn't know the working class people in the UK were so anti-EU and would be interested to know if this is true.

I'm from such a class and I am pro-EU although I may be atypical.

A lot of the anti-immigrant sentiment comes from long standing working class communities where there has been a significant influx of migrants who have not integrated/been integrated into the community.

UKIP have eroded as much of the labour vote (probably more) as it has of the Tory vote and is the reason we are unfortunately heading for another hung parliament and not a Labour landslide.