GENTLEMAN Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) Labour have apparently beaten UKIP in Middleton, it is said to be very tight (around 600 votes in it). UKIP have asked for a recount. Edited October 10, 2014 by GENTLEMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Labour have apparently beaten UKIP in Middleton, it is said to be very tight (around 600 votes in it). UKIP have asked for a recount, carried out only by UK nationals and preferably white male ones who only eat roast beef and fish and chips and none of that foreign muck Fixed for you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Another nail in the coffin that is my stay in this turgid country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted October 10, 2014 Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2014 Another nail in the coffin that is my stay in this turgid country. The good news for UKIP just keeps on coming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison · 3h 3 hours ago Great to see UKIP challenging the political status quo by getting a white, middle-aged, male, former MP elected. Forwards! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Clacton you absolute maniacs! We were only joking, when we said you should vote UKIP for a laugh! You only went and did it! My only hope now is, I get beheaded by ISIS, or someone coughs Ebola into my face.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Dave, are you black? If so, GTFO! I jest of course. But this is pretty sad guize.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I think on QI they mentioned the fairest way was just when the greeks did a random ballot and picked people at random, a lottery. There's also some studies showing if you take the average opinion of enough random people you generally get a consensus (all maths and theoretical ramblings). On that basis it could be a national lottery to pick 500+ people to be politicians could be the fairest and best way of governance. I read a book years ago, where a sample population would vote, then a really clever AI computer would extrapolate the findings for the whole population to create the government. Over time, the computer selected less and less people in the sample, until it could extrapolate the world government from a single person. Everybodys name went into the ballot, and the person selected by the computer would have the responsibility of choosing the world government. i think its a good idea :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I think on QI they mentioned the fairest way was just when the greeks did a random ballot and picked people at random, a lottery. There's also some studies showing if you take the average opinion of enough random people you generally get a consensus (all maths and theoretical ramblings). On that basis it could be a national lottery to pick 500+ people to be politicians could be the fairest and best way of governance. I read a book years ago, where a sample population would vote, then a really clever AI computer would extrapolate the findings for the whole population to create the government. Over time, the computer selected less and less people in the sample, until it could extrapolate the world government from a single person. Everybodys name went into the ballot, and the person selected by the computer would have the responsibility of choosing the world government. i think its a good idea :-) As long as that person isn't Drat or Jon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Is that Putin in the background? I think on QI they mentioned the fairest way was just when the greeks did a random ballot and picked people at random, a lottery. There's also some studies showing if you take the average opinion of enough random people you generally get a consensus (all maths and theoretical ramblings). On that basis it could be a national lottery to pick 500+ people to be politicians could be the fairest and best way of governance. I read a book years ago, where a sample population would vote, then a really clever AI computer would extrapolate the findings for the whole population to create the government. Over time, the computer selected less and less people in the sample, until it could extrapolate the world government from a single person. Everybodys name went into the ballot, and the person selected by the computer would have the responsibility of choosing the world government. i think its a good idea :-) As long as that person isn't Drat or Jon! You have to live in the country also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Dont get me wrong, I am no oil painting, but is Farage the least photogenic person in politics? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Dave, are you black? If so, GTFO! I jest of course. But this is pretty sad guize.. No, although I do look exactly like 1970s Michael Holding. It's mostly done with mirrors. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 10, 2014 Author Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2014 Some absolutely bonkers swivel-eyes on the radio this morning."I voted UKIP because I'm concerned about what this government is doing to the NHS, I want to protect the NHS"Can I suggest if she cares that much she should actually read up on the manifesto of the people she's voting forThats the problem with democracy though, thick people are allowed to vote 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison · 3h 3 hours ago Great to see UKIP challenging the political status quo by getting a white, middle-aged, male, former MP elected. Forwards! So to challenge the political status quo one must not be white, middle-aged and male? I don't think he will do anything to challenge it by the way, but it's got nothing to do with trivial things like race, sex or age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted October 10, 2014 Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2014 Some absolutely bonkers swivel-eyes on the radio this morning. "I voted UKIP because I'm concerned about what this government is doing to the NHS, I want to protect the NHS" Can I suggest if she cares that much she should actually read up on the manifesto of the people she's voting for Thats the problem with democracy though, thick people are allowed to vote They perhaps should have considered the NHS is hugely dependent upon migrant doctors and nurses (coming over here stealing our jobs helping heeling our sick, bloody immigrants) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 ahahahahahaha.. you said heeling!!! LOOK: They perhaps should have considered the NHS is hugely dependent upon migrant doctors and nurses (coming over here stealing our jobs helping heeling our sick, bloody immigrants) Can you remember that Trent? Can you remember doing that? hahahahahaa.. classic Trent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted October 10, 2014 Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2014 ahahahahahaha.. you said heeling!!! LOOK: They perhaps should have considered the NHS is hugely dependent upon migrant doctors and nurses (coming over here stealing our jobs helping heeling our sick, bloody immigrants) Can you remember that Trent? Can you remember doing that? hahahahahaa.. classic Trent. Er... yeah I made a spelling mistake... and that is a big deal why? Anyway, I blame the immigrants coming over here stealing the a's from keyboards... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I dunno, I've never been a grammer natzi, I wus jus tryin it out.. I probs wnt do it agen sory x 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Some absolutely bonkers swivel-eyes on the radio this morning. "I voted UKIP because I'm concerned about what this government is doing to the NHS, I want to protect the NHS" Can I suggest if she cares that much she should actually read up on the manifesto of the people she's voting for Thats the problem with democracy though, thick people are allowed to vote Yes but what you are doing here is insulting the intelligence of people who vote for UKIP. I'm not a fan myself but I think we should respect peoples rights to vote for who they wish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) Some absolutely bonkers swivel-eyes on the radio this morning. "I voted UKIP because I'm concerned about what this government is doing to the NHS, I want to protect the NHS" Can I suggest if she cares that much she should actually read up on the manifesto of the people she's voting for Thats the problem with democracy though, thick people are allowed to vote Yes but what you are doing here is insulting the intelligence of people who vote for UKIP. I'm not a fan myself but I think we should respect peoples rights to vote for who they wish. Say what you like, but it does inspire optimism, at the thought of how resistant the old farts are to the tsunami of liberal/PC propaganda, which spews out from the media. They made their minds up several decades ago and they ain't going to change it, for no one. The fact that Clacton seems like a total inversion of the madness in Brighton, is delightful. You might say that voting for UKIP makes them more radical, because it seems to divert so much from what we are told is the consensus. Edited October 10, 2014 by MakemineVanilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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