Heres what a hung Parliament will do

[lincstash]

WE have been there before, with both Wilson and Heath.

No one can rule with a minority government. Its an abortion. Nothing radical, nothing decisive can get passed into law. Nothing gets decided, no real advancement can be made, everything is fudge and a compromise.

IF we get a hung parliament, Labour will retain power (as the incumbent governments right to), completely unable to do anything decisive about the economy, and eventually, after being defeated in multiple votes government will collapse with a year, and another election will ensue. You only need a major bill such as the Finance Bill to get destroyed by the opposition, and thats thats.

Meanwhile, the militant left wing unions (UNITE and GMB) will set about ejecting Labours Blairites and Brownites from the party , (as they have promised they can and will), and whilst labour struggles along in the minority in westminster, civil war will rip the party apart as the unions seize control and force the party back to socialist far left. Policy making and decision making will cease within the government

Meanwhile, the worlds financial markets will see the political chaos, pull the plug on our credit rating and that will be it, game set an match. The economy will collapse, and the World Bank will be forced to step in, as it did with the Wilson Government. We will then be a prime target for the EU vultures to take further control of us.

THis is not speculation, this is based on previous times in our history when we have been in this position. We are the 5th largest economy because we always have had majority governments. If you want examples of what happens to countries with minority rules, look at places like Italy, Argentina, Brazil. 3rd rate counties because they cant be ruled decisively.

1. so you've never heard of the member for redditch........funny, she was in the Government for a while..........and all the time living in her sisters back bedroom and pretending it was her second home.

1. And we all remember David Miliband, hes the one who spent just under £30,000 over five years on repairs, decorations and furnishings on his £120,000 semi-detached property in South Shields.

Miliband's spending on his constituency home was so extensive that even his gardener questioned whether some of the costs were strictly necessary.

When challenged, you may recall, he said sorry for milking the system and robbing us blind, then when we asked for the money back he told us to fuck off, or words to that effect.

Oh Jacqui Smith. Right. She's not in the government any more though.

I wasn't asking about David M, I was asking about Ed. You said 'Milibands'.

lol lincstash

Well Ed Miliband, who is attached by a bit of invisible elastic to his older brother in case he tries to get smart, is squeaky clean on expenses. He still one of the dreary labour spin crowd who think the truth is a something subject to affine transformation. Listening to an argument between him and Mandelson, you would have no idea who was telling the truth, since neither of them have any concept of the absolute.

lincstash - I'm a bit mystified as to why you're banging on about Labour MPs claiming expenses, given that Conservative MPs have had to pay back marginally more in total than Labour ones and yet they have less MPs. Per capita, it's a scary just over £7k per Tory MP vs just over £1 per Labour one. The Tory party can hardly hold its head up high when it comes to this

Stewie

Sorry, those numbers were rubbish. Here are the correct ones:

Labour: £1,279.13
Conservative: £2,330.68
Lib Dem: £681.67
Others: £940.88
Overall: £2,971.91

So, vote Conservative! The Party that will fleece you even more than Labour over the coming term

Still going is it? Oh dear.

I think it should be noted by all that Lincstash is not here to answer questions - well, not the awkward ones, anyway.

Very much in the style of many politicians during interviews.

It all makes for a really rubbish, bitter, crappy little thread - and that's a comment about the thread, not the person behind it, in case anyone isn't sure.

Someone too defensive and scared to accept a simple, genuine apology is not worthy of much respect imo - and that's a comment about the person.

What a disappointment.

Fliight, you seem to have the misguided idea that people who appear suddenly right before a general election and post tons are here without an agenda.

Do you think he has an agenda apart from to get us all to vote the way he wants?

sorry, I don't quite understand.

TheHeathernofSuburbia;

Sorry I didn't get back to you last night, (I got sucked into a convo I should have ignored)

How can I protect me dc from finding out about gays....?

Ok, I didn't say I wanted them completely protected, I said I didn't want them being taught homosexuality is natural/normal at their faith school....the reason my dh and I send our dc to catholic schools is because we don't want them coming home with books titled "Jack has two mums".....my dc are being brought up in a hetrosexual environment, an environment I think is best for children and society in general.

It is completely out of order to force catholics (or any other religion) to accept homosexuality as "natural"...it goes against everything we believe in, and we will never be taken over by Liberal fascists.

I will talk to my dc about homosexuality when I think they are ready, I will not have that parental responsibility taken away from me....I'll explain to them that some people are homosexual, and that we will respect their choice, but it's not the life for us ..

Does that answer your question..?

dp - what will you do if any of your DC come out as gay? Or would you rather not know?

That's what I want to know as well, LadyBiscuit. Some things a parent has no control over.

Not alot I could do, but I wouldn't want them flaunting it at family weddings etc...I think homosexuals need to respect the rights of hetrosexuals....it's a two way thing..

What a sad hate-filled existence some people live.

PMSL at flaunting. I do hope that if you attend a civil partnership ceremony, that you won't flaunt your heterosexuality. Would be in very bad taste

Sorry, but your attitude DP is just self contradictory the whole way.

Flaunting? Give over. Rights of heterosexuals? In what way, 'rights'?

Do you extend these rights to homosexuals who do not wish to see heterosexuality displayed publicly?

It goes both ways, you know.

LOL. Imagine DP's horror. All at a lovely wedding in their dresses and suits. And her ds arrives flaunting his homosexuality to her enduring shame. He might wear a too well cut suit? Or arrive with another man? Or erm, he might look completely normal. Like the rest of them? Imagine that Something will give the game away though.

And what will happen? The world will tilt a little on its axis, the air will still. The wedding guests will hush, in shock and surprise, drinks will be spilt, people will whisper, fingers will be pointed, the like of it has never ever been seen before. She can never go out in public again.

They will put their heads together and say, 'well, you know he went to that nice catholic school?'

Sorry Dp. I'm ribbing you, is all.

ilovemydogamdmrobama,
crystal123 started a thread about 'liberal fascism' on here and she referred to the New York Times best-selling book 'Liberal Fascism' by Jonah Goldberg.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Fascism

here is a Guardian review of the book by Nick Cohen
www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/feb/08/goldberg-liberal-fascism-review

Lol 100x.....I really have no problem with homosexuals, I have never said I dislike them (on this thread or any thread that's mysteriously disappeared into the MN Bermuda triangle).....I don't think about them at all, the only thing that fascinates me slightly is why are 80% of gay men really good looking and smell beautiful, yet 80% of lesbians look like truck drivers..?

I have noticed this over the years....

Oh fark off.