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i confiscated a pin up of Nick Clegg today at work

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SuSylvester · 23/04/2010 15:59

from some 14 year old girls.
ithought they were being snarky/ironic but they werent!
at the end when i returned Nick to his adoring owner I said " but he could be your dad fgs"
they said " oh but he is so cute we LOVE him"

there you are

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SuSylvester · 23/04/2010 21:42

( every teacher knows that when you use a permanent marker on your whiteboard in error, Lynx is the potion of choice to get it off)

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ahundredtimes · 23/04/2010 21:42

Lemons.

i think he smells of lemons.

We carry on like this - they'll be taking away our vote, mind.

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SuSylvester · 23/04/2010 21:42

oooh PP would smell of chips

NC would smell of clean with a hint of aftershave i think
and we arent talking LYnx

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cornsilk · 23/04/2010 21:41

Paul Potts or Nick Clegg?

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SuSylvester · 23/04/2010 21:40

i wonder what he smells like...

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SuSylvester · 23/04/2010 21:40

yes
i think the alliteration was too good to miss.

in which case he would be the papal Pope of politics
or Percy park keeper of politics

etc

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ahundredtimes · 23/04/2010 21:39

He's the voice of the youth innit. He's new, he's fresh, he's every teenagers new possibility. Not of the parents / old guard - he's annoying everyone.

It's a rebel thing. Actually this may also account for why I'm liking him.

And guess what, before the TV debates, every 18 y-old who voted didn't read the manifestos and pass a test on policy before they cast their vote.

loungelizard · 23/04/2010 21:39

Why on earth would anyone think Nick Clegg is the 'Paul Potts of Politics'???

He's not some kind of a fool, you know!

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SuSylvester · 23/04/2010 21:26

no i cannto accept the Paul potts thing
surely he was jsut the forerunner of the compario guy

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BeenBeta · 23/04/2010 21:11

It is true young people are always first time voters but a mass of them all suddenly voting for one party on the basis of 'looks' or 'celebrity appeal' rather than workable sensible policy at a time of great economic stress really worries me.

It reminds me a bit of why Italy voted in Silvio Berlusconi.

ant3nna · 23/04/2010 20:17

Isn't that true with any general election though BeenBeta? There are always going to be a massive number of people who are eligible to vote for the first time. How exactly is voting for the candidate you most like any different to voting for Labour/Tories/Lib Dems because you have always voted Labour/Tories/Lib Dems and your parents have always voted Labour/Tories/Lib Dems?

Should we disenfranchise these people too?

cornsilk · 23/04/2010 19:53

And David Cameron is the Rhydian.

BeenBeta · 23/04/2010 19:51

This is perhaps the most frightening thread on politics I have ever read. Serioulsy.

Our country and its future could be determined by a bunch of 18 - 23 year olds who have never voted before on anything more substantial than X factor and they think it is just a game.

An analogy is Paul Potts. Great guy, very likeable, sings Nessun Dorma beautifully but he is not an opera singer. He as not had the training or the experience and nor does he have the power in in his voice. Yet he won X factor.

Nick Clegg is the Paul Potts of politics.

GrendelsMum · 23/04/2010 19:28

Well, I think it is reasonable to vote for someone who you can understand - more of an indictment of the others than a real plus for Clegg, perhaps, though?

ahundredtimes · 23/04/2010 18:05

ds1 and ds2 both liked him from the bit of the debates they saw - which wasn't much.

I asked why, ds2 said 'I can understand what he says'

fair enough I thought

ant3nna · 23/04/2010 18:03

My brother (20) told me that lots of people on Facebook are asking the most important question of all;
Clegg, Cameron, Brown: Shag, Marry, Avoid?

He also asked me how the electoral system worked. Youth of today, eh.

NormaSnorks · 23/04/2010 17:57

Welcome to the X-factor generation... most people who are attracted to Clegg probably haven't a clue about LibDem policies.

It's depressing really that this is where we have sunk to today....

TheJollyPirate · 23/04/2010 17:41

Ooooh very nice LG

CrowAndAlice · 23/04/2010 17:34

Lenin...

Hassled · 23/04/2010 17:34

My DD (20) loves the LibDems. As do her friends. It's not because Clegg's good-looking, it's because he's normal-looking, unlike the others. It's the normality that's attractive.

And they're just so easily swayed - never mind the events of the last 5 years, base your entire political view on 1.5 hours of Cleggy being charming and the subsequent hype. I've ranted at DD at some considerable length on the subject .

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SuSylvester · 23/04/2010 17:31

my god its a yoof thing
i am like the Magenta Devine of mn

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southeastastra · 23/04/2010 17:30

my ds(16) just came in and was talking up the lib dems. i think it's because they alway seems so ideal

badgermonkey · 23/04/2010 17:29

I think it's because he's not politician-y, and they actually understand what he's saying, instead of feeling bombarded by a load of spin and jargon. Teenagers are brilliant at spotting people being fake!

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SuSylvester · 23/04/2010 17:26

Has he the Obama effect.
is it cos he just looks normal?

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badgermonkey · 23/04/2010 17:25

The kids at school LOVE Nick Clegg. They keep asking me who I'm going to vote for and when I say I haven't decided yet, they urge me to vote Lib Dem.

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