I think we only had the police and crime wanker election round here, so I never bothered.
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I think we only had the police and crime wanker election round here, so I never bothered.
I got a right dirty look off the SNP campaigner chap who always sets up outside the polling station because I didn't take a leaflet off him. Same man and same growl as when I told him to get fucked at the referendum.
Some old man tried to give me a leaflet for someone, I didn't even see who before I said 'no thanks' and he reacted all like 'oh, fine!' in a pissy voice as I walked on by. It was probably for the DUP or TUV.
I don't think they should be allowed to leaflet right by the entrance. Especially here. The village is pretty much entirely proddy but there are probably some catholics around just outside or something. Must be a bit uncomfortable coming in to vote. Same goes for other places that would be the other way around too.
Also, how much good is leafleting outside actually going to do? Surely most people know who they're going to vote for already?
Can't believe people don't postal vote more?
I'm sure it'll be a laugh. @Boydy
I do. Saves a lot of crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
The rates are very high in Scotland and the North East, i.e. a place full of lazy cunts miles from civilisation. Should be banned in my opinion other than for extreme cases. In 'ethnic' communities the 'community leaders' just fill out everyone's postal vote ballots for them.
They've moved my voting station closer to me but like fuck am I voting for a PCC.
I voted for the DUP.
I don't like voting for them but I'm fully tooled up if it prevents McGuinness as First Minister. It might only be titular, but I'd really rather not be having that.
Finally.
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Originally Posted by Lewis
Ruth Davidson donning everyone and now destined for a career donning the SNP.
Excellent stuff from Corbz, just not shit enough that the knives will not be out.
I don't got a vote in the north right now, but I invited/cajoled/pressured my other half to vote for SDLP and Greens.
The 'He's a dirty terrorist' campaign has worked out well
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChxM9A0WUAACAr0.jpg
The irony being that he IS a dirty terrorist, but Zac's campaign pointed this out in the most retarded way ever.
Gorgeous George not doing so good.
Lol @ me voting Labour thinking they were the only reasonable choice for opposition for the SNP.
People must have faith in Ruth Davidson, as tank-riding lesbians go against pretty much every 'TORIE' image people have in Scotland.
The London election is such a political wanker issue. Not just because nobody outside of London cares, but it doesn't even matter who wins. What do you actually get to do, and how much of a fucking retard would you have to be to slow London down when Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson managed not to? In four or eight years will the average person be able to buy a house in London? No. Will it still be making more money than everywhere else combined? Yes. Fuck it. Vote for George Galloway.
London mayor is more about making it habitable than anything to do with the economy. Stuff like transport and affordable housing are always right up on the agenda. The mayor is important, as if you left this stuff to bent London councils they would end up selling the bus service to JP Morgan.
This bullshit on twitter about people being proud to be a Londoner because they've elected Sadiq Khan needs to end. Fair enough if you're a Labour supporter, or a particular fan of his, but the bloke's a fucking wrong 'un with a very, very dubious background that people seem willing to gloss over in the name of teaching the world to sing.
Probably a better mayor than Goldsmith, mind.
It's allowed them to go back to thinking that the Conservatives monopolise the racism.
Sharia to be implemented by 2018. :drool:
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
I understand that you could say, "He's defended proper wrong uns" but is that not what a civil rights / defense lawyer is supposed to do? The ACLU (American I know, I just cant reference the UK version) have to defend bad people but its a matter of freedom of speech etc. (I realise there's no right to free speech in the UK.)
His whole family are, shall we say, on the wrong side. Oh what's that, his dad's a bus driver? Oh, what a lovely story.
Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham) is an example of a decent, honest Labour Muslim. Not this shifty wanker.
What do you mean the wrong side? There's nothing I can see on Wiki.
What?Quote:
Originally Posted by The BBC
Tony Blair invented the post in 2000.
They're brown, mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItalAussie
Yeah, I had a quick google... Every negative things was either about his brother, and a speechwriter who he sacked.
What else had he done?
For the tip of the iceberg, you can look into his dealings with Babar Ahmed.
I'm not saying he'll be a bad mayor, more that he's a bad man and the sanctimony upon his election is misplaced.
Granted, I only read two articles and Ahmad's wiki - but it seems that Khan particularly fought against the Ahmad's extradition to the US - which seems fair enough given the reasons the US claimed jurisdiction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
Even Ahmad's conviction seems questionable (2 articles backing the Taliban in 2001).
What specifically has Khan done that is so "wrong"?
I'm not being arsey here - im genuinely interested, as I know nothing about the guy.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
Much has changed since I was last here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
Omg he's back. :drool:
P.s I won poster of the year.
Tony Blair did actually invent the post, tbf.
Where've you been, @Toby?
Magic didn't win anything.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
London is a city. Cities have mayors. Don't they?
We have corrupt councils full of nobodies, but eventually they will force mayors on all the big cities.
No it's a shit American conception.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoonsky
I never knew that, interesting.
Nah, we've had Mayors for centuries. They open hospital wings and village fares whilst the MPs are dealing with expense allegations.
Lord Mayors are alright, as it's important to have someone around to wear stupid costumes and hand out oversized keys to reasonably successful sportsmen.
The SATs this year are a fucking joke. They should just bin them.
At least they've u-turned on forcing everyone to be academies (for now).
The only way kids (who are stupid) can be stressing about testing is because their dickhead teachers have built them up to be far more important than they actually are.
They aren't stupid, they know full well they are "important".
The teachers are under massive pressure for the class to 'perform' and therefore have to structure what they do around preparing for SATs, and the kids very quickly pick up on that. I think most teachers would love to not feel like they have to teach to tests, but (especially with how lol the ones are they brought in this year) they have little choice.
I don't remember building everything towards them. Maybe that's why I donned them shitless, because everyone else was too stressed to perform.
That's because there wasn't the same pressure on schools/teachers as there is now, which is part of the point.
There are many other issues with them but I've been talking to terminally ill people all day and I'm no longer in the mood.
Teaching is probably the second toughest job in the country to be fair.
Making 7yr olds do such formal tests is fucking stupid.
Is China that much of an inspiration?
That was back in the days of Conservative spending plans as well, when we all had rickets and the school roof had been sold off, so I suppose they had bigger problems.
You're working to the assumption that all teachers are great, dedicated, hard working and innovative. Some are, but plenty aren't. Testing is perfectly legitimate - not only does it identify kids who are struggling, but it can subsequently help to pinpoint the reasons e.g. struggling in maths only or, where the entire class do shit, identifying that the teacher in question maybe isn't very good and allowing solutions to be developed. Without testing, or allowing teachers to just do what they want, you might only realise the teacher is shit / the kids aren't where they should be at a point where it's too late to allow them to catch up.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Teachers, like doctors and nurses, is now generally prefixed with "our fantastic", and are thus a subsection of the professional workforce it is anathema to criticise in any way, shape or form.
Someone's bitter that he's never going to hear 'our fantastic accountants'.