So, the UK gets to elect a new Prime Minister on May 6. The required one month notice was given the other day. At the moment opinion polls are suggesting a hung parliament (ie no party will have overall control) or a very narrow Conservative victory. Be interesting to see how much debate this creates here, my guess is little to none, and if it does the only people that will understand will be the Brits. Much different to the US elections that drag on for 2 years at a time (yawn) and everyone regardless of nationality has something to contribute. Be interesting to see if those from the US know as much about our politics as we (maybe pretend to) know about yours
elect? LOL.. you do realize that you've still got a monarchy over there don't you? The Queen could appoint you Prime Minster tomorrow is she goes senile... Government of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
in some ways a hung parliament may be the best thing, i don't fancy the lib dems controlling (although they have some very sound policy) but i rather like the idea of Vince Cable over George Osbourne or Darling being chancellor, labour seem all spin and no substance and to be fair have had their chance... but the tories haven't given us anything solid either ... their campaign seems to revolve around social reform more than anything else, which is a good thing, but not a massive priority at the moment. it should be interesting, i'm looking forward to the live televised debates between the 3 leaders (a first for british politics).
we've got someone just as bad zackman ... the self proclaimed saviour of the financial meltdown, the one and only Gordon Brown Canadian Dos Equis Fan....not too disimilar you're right, we've only got the 3 main parties, although generally it's only Labour and Cons in the running, Conservatives Labour - Currently in power Liberal Democrats but a couple of small, yet scarily up and coming parties who sit on the sidelines and cause trouble for the rest of them, UKIP (UK Independence Party) and the BNP (British National Party) being the main ones.
They are all a bunch of thieving, lieing, cheating bastards. It's amazing how we are encouraged to vote for people who then screw us over for 4 years. In the UK if your too lazy to work or an immigrant then your laughing as you'll get free housing and benifits but if your a hard worker you get screwed over to pay for the scum that come to the UK because our goverments are a soft touch. They should be stopped at the border, checked to see if they can contribute to the country and if they can't they should be turned back. If I went to Poland or India or Iraq and demanded they started teaching my children Welsh and have Welsh schools and shops they'd hang me from the nearest tree. Everyone should look after themselves because our goverment won't look after us
the only way to change it is to vote re immigration, all of those are now set by the EU, the government barely has a say in who we can and cannot allow in to the country, and even if the government does object, then that party simply goes to the European court of human rights and gets the appeal overturned. So unless we distance ourselves from Europe, then the situation is going to get even worse as the EU opens up.... but i do strongly object to schools being forced to teach a different curriculum just because the majority of students happen to be muslim or whatever, that is where this current government has shown a serious weakness and will be it's long lasting legacy .. pandering to the needs and wants of the secular societies whilst completely ignoring the rest of us.
I won't pretend to be any sort of authority on British politics; however I've seen a few television interviews with Daniel Hannan a Conservative MEP, and I'm very impressed. He advocates the sensible conservative ideals of a free market system, government fiscal responsibility, personal responsibility, democracy and freedom. He warns that big government is wasteful, unresponsive, intrudes on personal freedoms, and the dangers of socialism. I don't know if he is up for re-election, but I'd say the UK would very wise to keep him in office: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100033241/780172602739/ £780,172,602,739. "That’s the level of Britain’s national debt. It’s rising at a rate of £5,169 per second, £310,212 per minute, £18,607,306 per hour, £446,575,342 per day. The level of our government’s overspend should be the main, almost the only, issue at this election. To ensure that it isn’t forgotten, the heroes at the TaxPayers’ Alliance have mounted a vast debt clock on the back of a lorry, and are driving it on a 1300-mile tour of Britain. It bears repeating: Labour has introduced 111 tax rises since 1997, taken an additional trillion pounds in revenue, and still left us with the same level of deficit as Greece.” &feature=PlayList&p=F62986A50FD23D7B&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=58 British MEP Daniel Hannan talks about the National Health Service (NHS), England's publicly-funded health care system, and looks at why it is so difficult to reform once people get used to it: [ame=""]
If you look hard enough you'll find one. You can always find a rebel in every camp. Surprising (well not really) that Daniel Hannan is such a popular figure on the US TV, no one has even heard of him in the UK. As an MEP he spends his time debating such monumental decisions as agreeing the maximum permitted curvature of bananas. Not exactly at the forefront of British politics. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31994R2257:EN:HTML Neglects to mention that his own party, the Conservatives, remain fully committed to the NHS system and when last in power were responsible for far longer wait times than exist today.
