! This post hasn't been updated in over a year. A lot can change in a year including my opinion and the amount of naughty words I use. There's a good chance that there's something in what's written below that someone will find objectionable. That's fine, if I tried to please everybody all of the time then I'd be a Lib Dem (remember them?) and I'm certainly not one of those. The point is, I'm not the kind of person to try and alter history in case I said something in the past that someone can use against me in the future but just remember that the person I was then isn't the person I am now nor the person I'll be in a year's time.
The Tartan Taxman is overstepping the mark again and proposing yet more policies for England for which he has no mandate.
To show us his green credentials he’s decided that we should build 5 eco-towns housing 100,000 people in carbon neutral homes built on old industrial estates.
Gordon Brown, of course, can only propose these new lentil and hemp buildings with beards in England because planning is a devolved matter in Scotland. His constituents didn’t give him a mandate on planning because only English voters can give an MP a mandate on English-only matters.
Something i sis earlier, to counter some people. Is sort of related to this post, but unless i post it here, they may not ever read it.
Hey Scaffold, you know what else Churchill said? Here is a Speech by Churchill where he expresses his liking of the Scots – http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1942/421012b.html – So don’t try to usurp this great man, a man of empire and a man of the Unity of the UK to back up your perverted English Nationalism.
“You’re deliberatelt provocating English people Calum. If I ever meet you – you will end up having a bloody nose at least.”
May I just point out what a plesant bloke you are. You say i am deliberatelt provocating English people, what about that shit on your site, “I hate Scotland” “i’m a wanker” bla bla bla. Looks to me like you are being provocative to me.
Sean, Brown does have a mandate, as a soon to be leader of the biggest party in Westminster, a party which gained a majority of seats in England, Scotland and in Wales, a truly national party, Brown and the Labour party do have a mandate for governance. Oh, yes, even from England Labour have more seats than the Tories, blows your thesis out of the water.
Dave, I don’t care. You were given a choice at the last General election. You obviously didn’t vote Labour, but you still expressed a preference for a candate in your constituency, your action of voting has validited the political process, therefore the Labour government is legitmate as is Brown. We live in a representative democracy. You elected a representative to the Commons, he/she is a member of a party. Whichever party gains most seats wins, end of. We don’t vote for a PM, we vote for our MP. So you are talking rubbish, as we never realy have a choice of PM, merely a choice of MP. Maybe an elected head of state would be a good idea, but that is another issue. Were the PM directley elected then fair enough with your point, but he aint, so tuff luck.
Callum I don’t care what you think either.
For the record when the Tories stabbed Maggie in the back (and my Dad went around like he’d been sleeping with a coat hanger in his mouth, like his son Thatcherite policies had condemmed him to years of unemployment) I said there and then that Major should have gone straight to the Country in less than 3 months. Ditto Wilson and Callahan
Whether you like it or not when you vote you vote for the whole package, candidate, party policy and leader. Why else do we have to put up with their mugs plastered over all the media & advertising hoardings?
Been a bit older than you I remember how Ken Livingston came to be leader of the GLC. 48 hrs after the election which brought Labour to power there under an old fashioned “Jim Callahan style ” leader there was a meeting of party activists which was supposed to confirm the old leader in his position of head of the GLC. Instead Red Ken and other hard left activists mounted a coup which deposed the old leader and brought our friend who not even 1 in a 100 Londeners had heard of before to power.
I am distinctly cynical when it comes to politiicans, especailly those who believe themselves to be idealists
I know that in reality we vote for the whole package. Was just saying the rechnacality of it. To be honest i was also just hoping to wind someone up.
Don’t worry, you didn’t.
I just had a s***** day at work and felt the need to blow off some steam. I also thought it would be useful to expand on my earlier comments.