Politics.

Hindsight is always one of the most treasured possesions of a Tap Room Genius!


Best Regards - Taggy
 
Ya Eric but they didn't have anti-terror police lurking all around to arrest Government decenters either:D

Ok, but modern dissenters don't have to fear hanging, drawing, and quartering ... that's a deterrent that I'm surprised some of you guys haven't suggested to deal with society's scum ... fun stuff, that HDQ ... and don't forget boiling in oil and burning at the stake:alright::alright::alright:
 
Gayle said:
If that's the case then i think that elected members in opposition have to remember that if they want to win then they need to win over anyone who is likely to switch allegiance.

In Labour's case a whole party switched allegiance to gain power. They adopted Conservative policies but still called themselves the Labour Party.:rolleyes:
 
We usually vote to bring into power someone whose ideas we believe in, or to keep out someone whose ideas we dont. But lets face it whichever way we vote, if we are totally honest, in the long run dont we always end up dissapointed. I think most people enter politics with honourable ideas and motives. However once entrenched into the "system" they either become downtrodden and disheartend by red tape, or corrupted by power. Some of them of course are just completely incompetant. Now when you get the combination of the Corrupt leading the incompetant or visa versa we end up with a situation where no one can see the wood for the trees. The Greed of certain people is then allowed to flourish. We've seen this also in our once respected financial institutions. It used to be said that Estate Agents were our most hated profession, Perhaps they now come third behind Politicians and Bankers!

Best Regards - Taggy

Agreed! :)
 
Ok, but modern dissenters don't have to fear hanging, drawing, and quartering ... that's a deterrent that I'm surprised some of you guys haven't suggested to deal with society's scum ... fun stuff, that HDQ ... and don't forget boiling in oil and burning at the stake:alright::alright::alright:

I have suggested most of these, and more, I think cashy probably has too! Will never get anwhere near effective deterrent in this country, unless we hang, draw and quarter the do gooders and human rights brigade first! :hidewall:
 
In a poll taken shortly after the speech of Birmingham 74% of the British electorate supported Enoch so I guess he would be the hero to many people ;)
Were you even born then, don't think you were one of the 74%;)
 
I have suggested most of these, and more, I think cashy probably has too! Will never get anwhere near effective deterrent in this country, unless we hang, draw and quarter the do gooders and human rights brigade first! :hidewall:

I will vote for that one DG. :D Do we really need told how we should raise our families by a bunch of arrogant rusty sherrif badges? It dosnt matter who you vote for most are as bad as each other but providing you use that right then you can have a clear concience.

The biggest problem in politics comes from those that think they know better but are not willing to put up and try and change what irks them. In this day and age it is the faceless minority that have the ear of polititions that are making are lives so unsure and I dont just mean bankers and financiers. Some day in the future we will realise that we have handed our lives to the faceless and the equivilent of Judge Dredd will run our lives. We will never have the utopia we want but while we have politics and a say we still have some control.
 
Would be very interesting to see what the percentage would be today!


Best Regards - Taggy
That would be hard to quantify today Taggy, the context that Powell used at the time of the speech would have a far different meaning today and the arguments would take an whole new meaning in today's climate
 
That would be hard to quantify today Taggy, the context that Powell used at the time of the speech would have a far different meaning today and the arguments would take an whole new meaning in today's climate

.....which perhaps gives even more credence to the message he was trying to get across!!!

Best Regards - Taggy
 
Would be very interesting to see what the percentage would be today!


Best Regards - Taggy

If the poll was taken for the indigenous population only I would guess it would be very similar or even a higher percentage but I agree it would be very interesting
 
Were you even born then, don't think you were one of the 74%;)

What has being one of the 74% or even being born then got to do with the quote you are replying to:confused:

I think you would even disagree with yourself for the sake of it.
You remind me of a relative of mine. If he ever would have entered a monastery or a abbey for over an hour you can bet the nuns and the monks would be in total disagreement with each other;)
 
Well I was a bit confused over this politics lark and was made worse by this from Wiki;

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behavior within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporate, academic, and religious institutions. It consists of "social relations involving authority or power"[1] and refers to the regulation of a political unit,[2] and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy.[3]
 
What has being one of the 74% or even being born then got to do with the quote you are replying to:confused:

I think you would even disagree with yourself for the sake of it.
You remind me of a relative of mine. If he ever would have entered a monastery or a abbey for over an hour you can bet the nuns and the monks would be in total disagreement with each other;)
Don't flatter yourself Gordie I could be nothing like anybody related to you, I don't fall out with people, only bigots like you:thefinger
 
Don't flatter yourself Gordie I could be nothing like anybody related to you, I don't fall out with people, only bigots like you:thefinger

There is also a name for your type.Sympathiser.
In all your quotes that I have read where there is an issue conflicting with the interests of the British Goverment you defend.
Hopefully theres not to many of your type in the forces :behead:
 
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