Just answering the questions posed will do Ken.
General Election?
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I am one of those disillusioned voters, and while I vote in the local elections(because at those elections you have some kind of knowledge of the candidates) the general elections are another matter. I would like to vote for a party which reflects my core values.....but it doesn't seem that such a party exists. At the last election, I went to vote and spoiled my paper.
The parties(All of them) promise so much and deliver so little. They take absolutely no notice of the concerns of the electorate.......and until that changes I will be spoiling ballot papers at each general election......because my vote changes nothing no matter who I vote for.
The parties(All of them) promise so much and deliver so little. They take absolutely no notice of the concerns of the electorate.......and until that changes I will be spoiling ballot papers at each general election......because my vote changes nothing no matter who I vote for.
I get the very strong impression that most people distrust politicians. Indeed, most of the people I have spoken to on the matter equate them, in the honesty and transparency stakes, with Bankers.
And given the shenanigins over the weekend in Westminster who can blame them? Honorable Members who behave like the binge-drinkers they purport to so abhor.
Honorable Members who do not know that when you have paid your mortgage it is wrong to carry on claiming for the payments.
Honorable Members who think it is perfectly acceptable to spend most of their time on the public speaking circuit, earning vast amounts of money, rather than sitting in Parliament which is what their constituants expect and pay them to do.
Honorable Members who claim to support the public right to a referendum until the party waves preferrment under their noses and then change their tune dramatically.
Liars, Cheats, Thieves, Fraudsters, Convicted Criminals. Ahhh The Palace of Westminster; like the News of the World used to claim, "All human life is there".
And, as if that malignant cess pit were not scandal enough; there is local politics.
That enough vitriol for you Ken? Because if it isn't, there is plenty more where that came from.
And given the shenanigins over the weekend in Westminster who can blame them? Honorable Members who behave like the binge-drinkers they purport to so abhor.
Honorable Members who do not know that when you have paid your mortgage it is wrong to carry on claiming for the payments.
Honorable Members who think it is perfectly acceptable to spend most of their time on the public speaking circuit, earning vast amounts of money, rather than sitting in Parliament which is what their constituants expect and pay them to do.
Honorable Members who claim to support the public right to a referendum until the party waves preferrment under their noses and then change their tune dramatically.
Liars, Cheats, Thieves, Fraudsters, Convicted Criminals. Ahhh The Palace of Westminster; like the News of the World used to claim, "All human life is there".
And, as if that malignant cess pit were not scandal enough; there is local politics.
That enough vitriol for you Ken? Because if it isn't, there is plenty more where that came from.
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You have hit the nail on the head.
These people do not seem to think they should live by the rules of general decency, moral or ethics...yet they believe we should.
How is it different to defraud the tax payer by claiming money for a mortgage which is fully paid....or claiming allowances for a home owned by a family member, or being a benefit cheat??
Both are ways of stealing money from the tax payer......not paying full taxes by exploiting loopholes may not be illegal, but the people doing this are taking money from the system which could be paying for services which are being axed.
These people do not seem to think they should live by the rules of general decency, moral or ethics...yet they believe we should.
How is it different to defraud the tax payer by claiming money for a mortgage which is fully paid....or claiming allowances for a home owned by a family member, or being a benefit cheat??
Both are ways of stealing money from the tax payer......not paying full taxes by exploiting loopholes may not be illegal, but the people doing this are taking money from the system which could be paying for services which are being axed.
And then there is the case of that well known wag Liam Byrne who, as Labour's retiring Chief Secretary to the Treasury, left a jokey one line note for his successor;
“Dear Chief Secretary, I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left”.
My, how we all split our sides at that one.
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“Dear Chief Secretary, I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left”.
My, how we all split our sides at that one.
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i have never got my head around how anyone convicted of a crime or even given a caution by the police is able to return to a job in the house of commons.They certainly wouldnt be allowed to teach in schools or work for teh police yet they can work in a place that demands honesty and the consequences of having a crook in the mix could prove disasterous as seems to have been proven by the mess this country is now in no doubt to some extent to a few backhanders and under the table deals.
also lets not forget that if you are but a mere citizen and fall foul of the tax man you can face financial ruin and possible prison if you cant afford to pay your tax bill but if you owe the tax man millions and have billions in the bank you get taken to lunch and offered a low rate repayment plan while your debt to the tax man increases
yes those in power do have 1 rule for them and their pals infact they have many different rules for their pals and none of them put their pals out of their comfort zone yet woe betide any citizen that falls short of the different set of standards set out for them.
yes those in power do have 1 rule for them and their pals infact they have many different rules for their pals and none of them put their pals out of their comfort zone yet woe betide any citizen that falls short of the different set of standards set out for them.
And poor sweet naieve Ken firmly believes that casting a vote will change things.
I don't know whether to pity him or chuck a brick at him.
I don't know whether to pity him or chuck a brick at him.
Humpffff, Politicians; can't live with them, can't shoot them.
Why?
He's not climbed up on your roof, has he?
Still, it'll cost less than getting your cherry picker out to deal with him.
My tastes may be catholic dear but I do draw the line, occaisionally. And besides, I'm getting a bit too long in the tooth to go shinning up drainpipes to negotiate with stroppy councillors.
Yes, but if you leave him up there he could start picking at his mirkin, and use it to feather a nest.
You might never get him down.
Lobbing something now might be wiser in the long-run.
A bit like the phoenix then. Too much to hope he might go up in flames I suppose.
Mirkins are highly flammable.
You might be lucky if you burn a lot of paper in your grate.
Nah, I think I'll leave him up there actually, pour encourager les autres, sort of thing. At least he will keep the pigeons away.
That's nice.
You never know.
In time, with the offer of a few treats, you might tempt him down to sit on your hand.
Yes, and I could probably train him to repeat comical phrases such as "Ed Milliband is a plonker" and "B*gger Kashmir", wot fun.
Hmmm, I don't know, could be useful for shocking the vicar. Watch out Reverend, don't get too close or he might flap his mirkin at you. Oh dear, too late.