The 2015 Popularity Contest (aka UK General Election )

Who will you be voting for?

  • Tory

    Votes: 38 9.9%

  • Diet Tory (Labour)

    Votes: 132 34.3%

  • Tory Zero (Greens)

    Votes: 44 11.4%

  • Extra Tory with lemon (UKIP)

    Votes: 40 10.4%

  • Lib Dems

    Votes: 9 2.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 31 8.1%

  • Cheese on toast

    Votes: 91 23.6%
  • Total voters
    385
  • Poll closed .
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Seanjd said:
It's probably the case amongst an incredibly minute amount if people. It's a non-issue.
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It's estimated that over a lifetime a child will cost over £200,000, and that's only the financial aspect of the matter and doesn't take into account the state of your relationship, whether you're in a suitable house etc.. Makes having even one child a pretty major undertaking I would imagine.
 

Seanjd said:
Having too many children without thinking about if you can financially support them or not is a mindset? What? This is a total non issue.
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Thinking about how many kids you can afford before you have them is a mindset. Thankfully it's one this nation seems to have a grasp of, unlike yourself.
 
It's like saying by choosing not to have kids you are not providing the innovators/tax payers of the future to keep the country running. Massively irresponsible.
 
edge said:
A diet would be a start.
when I used to help out in school and even kids footy , you would look and think what the hell chance have these kids chance with parents like these , they didnt have a clue and the lack of any get and go used to do my head in
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The mother has had a whole team of people working with her to help her and the child eat better, exercise more and so on. I mean the girl is getting better, but it's slower progress than you'd imagine given the dire state of affairs. Sadly it probably goes without saying that the mum is overweight (and the dad nowhere to be seen). Not a great start for the poor kid whatsoever.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
It's estimated that over a lifetime a child will cost over £200,000, and that's only the financial aspect of the matter and doesn't take into account the state of your relationship, whether you're in a suitable house etc.. Makes having even one child a pretty major undertaking I would imagine.
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Better not have one if you're poor then eh.
 

roydo said:
My word.

You honestly think the SNP give an absolute monkeys about anyone/thing in the rest of the UK?

And you think it is a democratic thing that about 2% of the electorate can dictate to the other 98% when the other 98% cannot even vote on what they want to do?

Now my maths might not be 100% spot on, but the premise of what we could be faced with the premise of the arguement is.
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Do you think the Tories give a flying [Poor language removed] about anyone/thing as long as they achieve power. Their attitude smacks of McCarthyism.
 

Bruce Wayne said:
The mother has had a whole team of people working with her to help her and the child eat better, exercise more and so on. I mean the girl is getting better, but it's slower progress than you'd imagine given the dire state of affairs. Sadly it probably goes without saying that the mum is overweight (and the dad nowhere to be seen). Not a great start for the poor kid whatsoever.
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Sad bruce mate, dont envy your missus it used to get to me.
 
Seanjd said:
Better not have one if you're poor then eh.
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The thing is, my partner and I are probably in a position at the moment where it would be a struggle financially to raise a child (living in London and all). We might be able to get by, but if something happened we'd be up the creek, and we don't think bringing a child into such a relatively high risk situation is wise at all. So we're waiting until our circumstances change.

Your message above makes that sound as though it's a bad approach to take, that we shouldn't look first to how we can support our own children ourselves and we should sit back and let the state pick up the tab.
 
Seanjd said:
How do you know he many children I have or how many I can afford, please?
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That isn't the question. I'm not talking about you personally, I'm talking about your failure to understand that the nation as a whole cannot just throw all common sense out the window and just have as many kids as it fancies without costing it up a bit first.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
The thing is, my partner and I are probably in a position at the moment where it would be a struggle financially to raise a child (living in London and all). We might be able to get by, but if something happened we'd be up the creek, and we don't think bringing a child into such a relatively high risk situation is wise at all. So we're waiting until our circumstances change.

Your message above makes that sound as though it's a bad approach to take, that we shouldn't look first to how we can support our own children ourselves and we should sit back and let the state pick up the tab.
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You really are suggesting that the poor shouldn't give birth.
 

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