Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 968646)

Haven't you heard the phrase 'divide and rule' and the simplest way to do this is to set the people against one another.......while they are fighting themselves, they cannot be in touch with what is going on in the bigger world out there........and they(the politicians) cannot be blamed if we destroy ourselves.

We do not need fragmented government........all government has costs attached to it, officers, administrators, politicians......all want paying so it isn't economic or political sense to advocate such changes.
We need less government not more(and scattered about the place).
We need politicians who care about the place they reperesent......I mean really care....not just issuing sound bites that they think the electorate will swallow without much concrete thought.

It seems to me that the current incumbents care only for lining their own pockets and building some kind of place on the gravy train that is Brussels......and that is what is wrong. They have no feelings for the common man who is the constituent and put the cross on the ballot paper.

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 968655)

words fail me. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 968656)

Thats a first.:D

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 968651)

Whilst i fully agree wi the divide n rule, Do yeh not think we are already divided? Cameron has already ensured that, Which is why i say the jurys out wi me.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 968660)

The divisions were not started by this government Cash(they haven't been helped by this government either), but by those who allowed free let to people who should not be in this country...those who encouraged porous borders, telling us all the while it was good for us. that it was good for the country.
Giving the incomers more relevance than those who were brought up for generations in this country. Those were the divisive practices,that and the dilution of Britishness.
It is more than a political thing, it is a sociological thing, a cultural thing.

It makes no sense to break the country into small portions, each with its own ruling government......and the costs that that would incur.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 968857)

Just what has that got to do with a Northern Parliament?

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 968889)

I think he was asleep when he posted that.

Originally Posted by andrewb (Post 969047)

The European Union is out of touch with the North, South, East and West. Graham should really focus his efforts on getting us a referendum on our membership of the EU. If he's committed to more localised decision making then bringing back powers from Brussels is a good start.

Originally Posted by andrewb (Post 969047)

The European Union is out of touch with the North, South, East and West. Graham should really focus his efforts on getting us a referendum on our membership of the EU. If he's committed to more localised decision making then bringing back powers from Brussels is a good start.