On Friday, 20 October 2023 at 10:55:34 UTC+1, Radio Man wrote:
> So it looks like a leftcunt government is on the way, with all the
> problems that inevitably come with it: strikes, public transport in
> chaos, NHS in chaos, education in chaos, high taxes, corruption, deep
> cuts in council budgets, etc, etc, etc.
>
> I think that the only chance we have to stay in power is to move rapidly
> to the right. If we put Braverman in charge and draft Farage in as a
> special advisor, I think we might just be able to recapture the
> enthusiasm and imagination of the loony old man in the street and get
> another term.
>
> What say you?
Every election comes down to voting for whichever promises to be least worst at the time. Followed by the realization they all lied through their teeth.

On Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:15:19 +0100
The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>
> The real problem is that there is no one worth voting for at all.
>
>
>

Or to put it another way, no party seeks to represent the people of
Britain, and to manage *their* country responsibly.

--
Joe

On 21/10/2023 08:41, John J wrote:

<snip>

> Every election comes down to voting for whichever promises to be least worst at the time. Followed by the realization they all lied through their teeth.

My new voting scheme: You get two votes, one +ve and one -ve, of equal
but opposite value. You can use none, either, or both.

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Cheers
Clive

On 21/10/2023 09:37, Joe wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:15:19 +0100
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> The real problem is that there is no one worth voting for at all.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Or to put it another way, no party seeks to represent the people of
> Britain, and to manage *their* country responsibly.
>

As I said in another thread, plebs, as they see it, can go fuck
themselves and they will import docile Romanians to be their servants
instead
--
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools.”

Herbert Spencer

On 21 Oct 2023 at 09:37:48 BST, "Joe" <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:15:19 +0100
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> The real problem is that there is no one worth voting for at all.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Or to put it another way, no party seeks to represent the people of
> Britain, and to manage *their* country responsibly.

Every nation gets the government it deserves.
Joseph de Maistre (1 April 1753 - 26 February 1821)
PeterFJ

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― Denis Diderot 1713- 1784

You are stuffed either way, Attila the Hun would euthanize all disabled
people an those in care homes and the Commies would take all incentives out
of work and then wonder why everyone was corrupt.
Brian

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"Radio Man" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> So it looks like a leftcunt government is on the way, with all the
> problems that inevitably come with it: strikes, public transport in
> chaos, NHS in chaos, education in chaos, high taxes, corruption, deep
> cuts in council budgets, etc, etc, etc.
>
> I think that the only chance we have to stay in power is to move rapidly
> to the right. If we put Braverman in charge and draft Farage in as a
> special advisor, I think we might just be able to recapture the
> enthusiasm and imagination of the loony old man in the street and get
> another term.
>
> What say you?

On Sat, 21 Oct 2023 10:48:55 +0100, Clive Arthur
<clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote:

>On 21/10/2023 08:41, John J wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> Every election comes down to voting for whichever promises to be least worst at the time. Followed by the realization they all lied through their teeth.
>
>My new voting scheme: You get two votes, one +ve and one -ve, of equal
>but opposite value. You can use none, either, or both.

Nice idea!
I'd still have one vote though. No more need for tactical voting.

On Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:55:28 GMT, Radio Man
<no.spam@thank.you.invalid> wrote:

>
>So it looks like a leftcunt government is on the way, with all the
>problems that inevitably come with it: strikes, public transport in
>chaos, NHS in chaos, education in chaos, high taxes, corruption, deep
>cuts in council budgets, etc, etc, etc.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
>
>I think that the only chance we have to stay in power is to move rapidly
>to the right. If we put Braverman in charge and draft Farage in as a
>special advisor, I think we might just be able to recapture the
>enthusiasm and imagination of the loony old man in the street and get
>another term.
>
>What say you?

On 21 Oct 2023 10:35:20 GMT
Peter James <pfjames300@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 21 Oct 2023 at 09:37:48 BST, "Joe" <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:15:19 +0100
> > The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>
> >> The real problem is that there is no one worth voting for at all.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Or to put it another way, no party seeks to represent the people of
> > Britain, and to manage *their* country responsibly.
>
>
> Every nation gets the government it deserves.
>

But why do *I* have to have the government *they* deserve?

--
Joe

On Sat, 21 Oct 2023 11:35:22 +0100
"Brian Gaff" <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:

> You are stuffed either way, Attila the Hun would euthanize all
> disabled people an those in care homes

Our government certainly had a good try at that. So did the US one.

> and the Commies would take all
> incentives out of work and then wonder why everyone was corrupt.
>

Just as the UK government has. Sadly, a welfare state, as the
well-known saying goes, 'carries the seeds of its own destruction'.

--
Joe