The 2015 Popularity Contest (aka UK General Election )

[peteblue]

A bit like the SNP/Labour situation in Scotland me thinks. A lot of people polling for the SNP who will actually vote Labour.

I think that will be true.......

 

[sd_1992]

I think this is the issue though, there are exceptional cases and they should be looked at in a favourable light............

As i said earlier, I am not defending what it is now, at the moment it has become a tax on the poor and it is shameful, but ideologically if it were implemented correctly it isn't a bad idea.

 

[Clint Planet]

Can't say I can recall such an ainmal, have any of the dictators currently in power or in the past been benevolent.

Sandinista! Castro was much more benevolent than Batista, too. Tito as well, one could argue.

 

[Toffeelover]

Sandinista! Castro was much more benevolent than Batista, too. Tito as well, one could argue.

None of those will do for us, guess we are stuck with the choice lining up in May!

 

[Seanjd]

Who said ashamed?.....it's a bit like in Scotland where when confronted by Scot Nats people just agreed with them to get rid........It's an interesting thought.........

Well, there's plenty to be ashamed of.

 

[peteblue]

Shy or ashamed? They have a lot to be ashamed about.

Perhaps that's the sort of comment that encourages some to stay silent...........if you look at the poll on this thread it is out of kilter with the current polls......suggesting that either the posters on this forum are not representative of general society or that they seek a quiet life......it is interesting.........

 

[Seanjd]

Perhaps that's the sort of comment that encourages some to stay silent...........if you look at the poll on this thread it is out of kilter with the current polls......suggesting that either the posters on this forum are not representative of general society or that they seek a quiet life......it is interesting.........

It's alright, they're more than well represented in the media.

 

[peteblue]

Sandinista! Castro was much more benevolent than Batista, too. Tito as well, one could argue.

Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore is probably the best example as he also transformed their economy........

 

[The Esk]

Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore is probably the best example as he also transformed their economy........

Except he was not benevolent......

 

[peteblue]

Except he was not benevolent......

He improved all of their lives......

 

[The Esk]

He improved all of their lives......

Economically without doubt, but at huge expense in terms of human rights. I don't know how much you know about Singapore mate, but if you examine his treatment of dissenters, his complete denial of democracy, his control of the Courts and the judicial process and the degree of nepotism that exists in Singapore you'll find it difficult to describe it as benign or benevolent.

 

[peteblue]

Economically without doubt, but at huge expense in terms of human rights. I don't know how much you know about Singapore mate, but if you examine his treatment of dissenters, his complete denial of democracy, his control of the Courts and the judicial process and the degree of nepotism that exists in Singapore you'll find it difficult to describe it as benign or benevolent.

I've spent a little bit of time there dealing with projects in the rail, telecoms and power sectors. The following is an article produced in 1988 that attempts to sum it up....and describes pretty well what I have heard from locals.....

http://www.donellameadows.org/archives/singapore-leads-the-good-life-under-a-benevolent-dictator/

 

[Brennan]

Perhaps that's the sort of comment that encourages some to stay silent...........if you look at the poll on this thread it is out of kilter with the current polls......suggesting that either the posters on this forum are not representative of general society or that they seek a quiet life......it is interesting.........

I would imagine it's the former. Football is more of a working class sport and with Everton being a Merseyside team the Labour slant is understandable.

 

[peteblue]

I would imagine it's the former. Football is more of a working class sport and with Everton being a Merseyside team the Labour slant is understandable.

Perhaps.....

 

[Jags]

Perhaps that's the sort of comment that encourages some to stay silent...........if you look at the poll on this thread it is out of kilter with the current polls......suggesting that either the posters on this forum are not representative of general society or that they seek a quiet life......it is interesting.........

I would imagine it's the former. Football is more of a working class sport and with Everton being a Merseyside team the Labour slant is understandable.

Surely a larger percentage of people on an Everton forum are from Liverpool than people are from Liverpool out of the country's population? Since Liverpool is considered a Labour safe seat, then this would make sense, no? Would expect a different result on the Arsenal forum, for instance?