danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
It does now.voting lib dem does not make you a tory
Did You Vote LibDem?
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I don't get tribal politics at alldon't you just read the manifestos and decide which policies you think are best?
No. On the same basis that... well, actually I can't think of a similar basis. But no, anyway. Mostly because manifestos rarely say things like 'we will undermine the manufacturing base of the country by introducing economic measures too complicated to mention here'.
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
Yes. It's all about national interest and chemistry. Especially chemistry. They all get on so jolly well, don't you know.
fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
Who's being tribal?I don't get tribal politics at all
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
Fair enough
I guess I have a simple approach. I think the whole system is utterly fucked and defined primarily by hate. I hate the Tories the most, so I will vote for whoever is most likely to unseat them. The Lib Dems may have ended up in coalition with the Tories, but the Tories would still prefer to have their own candidate in the Commons rather than the candidate of a shaky ally.
fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Kennedy's gone mate.
fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
not accusing anyone. i just keep reading things about 'tribal politics.'
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
That'd be media-speak for "supporting a party we don't support".
I voted for libdems because the tactical voting thingamajigum told me it was the best vote to keep tories out.
I ended up not even wanting to vote, I really did not want to vote libdem but I decided to do what was most likely to keep tories out (according to that thingamajig).
I think they've just proved themselves haven't they. I feel pretty sick that my boyfriend has gone on with his ridiculous clegg fanboy boswollox and I think I am falling out of love with him because now when I look at him I just see a tory. I think there's going to be a bit of a class war in our home
I ended up not even wanting to vote, I really did not want to vote libdem but I decided to do what was most likely to keep tories out (according to that thingamajig).
I think they've just proved themselves haven't they. I feel pretty sick that my boyfriend has gone on with his ridiculous clegg fanboy boswollox and I think I am falling out of love with him because now when I look at him I just see a tory. I think there's going to be a bit of a class war in our home
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Or lib-dem speak for not whooping with joy at their stich up.
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
That was the one moment that the Liberals genuinely looked like they might be making inroads into becoming a left-of-centre party. And then it was gone, lost in a haze of media-manufactured rubbish. And we had Clegg instead, to go with Blair and Cameron. What a fucking trio, not helped in the slightest by the fact that Blair was actually Brown.
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
Exactly.
Which brings up another point. What is all this about "elected" and "unelected" leaders? (The LibDems and the Tories were on about this). We don't have presidential elections in this country. We can only elect our own constituency MPs, not the PM.
kabbes
First intersubjective, then internalised
I have to admit in any case that I don't have a great record when it comes to seeing through these crapholes. I'm too trusting. I actually thought that Blair was going to take us into a glorious revolution of wealth redistribution and progressive liberal social reform. What a fucking joke, only marginally softened by the fact that I was only 20 years old at the time.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
That was the one moment that the Liberals genuinely looked like they might be making inroads into becoming a left-of-centre party. And then it was gone, lost in a haze of media-manufactured rubbish. And we had Clegg instead, to go with Blair and Cameron. What a fucking trio, not helped in the slightest by the fact that Blair was actually Brown.
I miss charles kennedy.
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
That's what I call an adult post. Well done. Hope your boyfriend grows up, too.I voted for libdems because the tactical voting thingamajigum told me it was the best vote to keep tories out.
I ended up not even wanting to vote, I really did not want to vote libdem but I decided to do what was most likely to keep tories out (according to that thingamajig).
I think they've just proved themselves haven't they. I feel pretty sick that my boyfriend has gone on with his ridiculous clegg fanboy boswollox and I think I am falling out of love with him because now when I look at him I just see a tory. I think there's going to be a bit of a class war in our home
I can imagine there are a lot of disillusioned first-time voters out there atm, which is sad. But... also... I keep worrying that some people who don't remember conservative government are thinking along the lines of "oh well if the libdems are teaming up with them maybe they're not so bad afterall... let's give them a chance 
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danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
It's a steep learning curve, but I think you'll get there.
haha trev you muppet
like er...why? What difference did it make? I'm not in a marginal. It's not a democracy.
Can I make a suggestion that we all be nice to Liberals? Its very tempting to pour vitriol on them, but I think we should treat them with pity.
"You've let your voters down. You've let the left down. You've let your country down. But most of all........you've let yourselves down.."
"You've let your voters down. You've let the left down. You've let your country down. But most of all........you've let yourselves down.."
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Good little hint from Keven Maguire in the Mirror today -they should have ran the pics/proof:
don't worry, i KNOW they're cunts. My reasons for voting were rather being against New Labour than actually liking them. I wouldn't have voted at all if it was a Lab/Lib marginal.
danny la rouge
I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher.
Wrong answer. You just supported a Tory government.
i would bet 90percent of Lib Dem voters are horrified at whats happened. But i feel no guilt at all. My vote doesn't count . I don't live in a marginal, we haven't got a democracy.
HOW MANY MORE TIMES!!
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