peterms Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Yeah I'm sure the whole country wishes we still had Brown the incompetent in charge Brown > Cameron I know one has to keep up appearances for appearances sake but you can't seriously believe that That's not an endorsement of Cameron's premiership , but Brown will go down / already has gone down as Britain's worse ever PM Face it. A goldfish in a poly bag > Cameron. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) There is something very sinister about the direction UK immigration policy is going. . I think its called finding out there are votes in it It was laughable at the TV debates in 2010 watching the parties try and show they were tough on immigration ..... (Cleggs localised immigration must rate as tv's funniest moment ) And that was before UKIP started stealing the votes off the major parties Edited July 22, 2013 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) I think its called finding out there are votes in it I think that would be a big advance for democracy - ban market research and opinion polls. Edited July 22, 2013 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Rumour is there will be another 4 vans playing loud music outside the homes of the feckless unemployed at 7:30am 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I think its called finding out there are votes in it I think that would be a big advance for democracy - ban market research and opinion polls. Tbf you'd still find out when the votes are counted anyway so you may as well pay the money and find out sooner ( assuming your agency doesn't get it wrong of course ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Rumour is there will be another 4 vans playing loud music outside the homes of the feckless unemployed at 7:30am Won't they all be down Tesco in their pyjamas that time of day buying their cigarettes as they ran out during the night ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Rumour is there will be another 4 vans playing loud music outside the homes of the feckless unemployed at 7:30am Isn't that just a load of ice cream vans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Tbf you'd still find out when the votes are counted anyway so you may as well pay the money and find out sooner ( assuming your agency doesn't get it wrong of course ) But that's the point: prospective candidates stand (blind) on their 'principles' and people vote for or against them as their representative based on what they stand for (with other factors, I agree) rather than what will just get them (re)elected. I accept this may not be good for a small section of the economy. Edited July 22, 2013 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Yeah I'm sure the whole country wishes we still had Brown the incompetent in charge Brown > Cameron Even you are not that deluded No, he really is. I think Cameron's a complete plank but suggesting that the alternative of voting for a man with more than a few loose screws was a better option is political partisanship taken to the level of pure absurdity. Brown's continuing absence from the Commons (and therefore his job as an MP) is a good indicator that this personal problems are yet to be resolved, but one wonders how his supporters would describe a Tory MP who simply never went to work? Not very nicely, would be my guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Funny how the tory supporters chose to ignore what work he does in his constituency, which lets be honest is what mp's are voted to do. I suppose next we will have comments about autism or eyesight as some jolly tory quip Edited July 22, 2013 by drat01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Funny how the tory supporters chose to ignore what work he does in his constituency, which lets be honest is what mp's are voted to do. I suppose next we will have comments about autism or eyesight as some jolly tory quip Is "Member of Parliament can't be arsed to attend Parliament" not a valid criticism to make? You're clutching at straws by saying he's a good constituency MP, despite the fact he is abjectly failing in his duty to actually represent his constituency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Funny how the tory supporters chose to ignore what work he does in his constituency, which lets be honest is what mp's are voted to do. I suppose next we will have comments about autism or eyesight as some jolly tory quip You mean like demanding the MOD clean up the " beach " that wasn't an issue during the years 1997 - 2010 and has now suddenly become an urgent issue ... Funny that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Ridiculous comment awol. His job as mp is to deal with constituency issues not to tootle down to london to listen osborne abuse him etc. i would be interested to see evidence of his constituents being unhappy with his work as their mp. Any chance of showing us some, genuinely interested to see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Funny how the tory supporters chose to ignore what work he does in his constituency, which lets be honest is what mp's are voted to do. I suppose next we will have comments about autism or eyesight as some jolly tory quip You mean like demanding the MOD clean up the " beach " that wasn't an issue during the years 1997 - 2010 and has now suddenly become an urgent issue ... Funny that ha tony you keep answering your own points. Most of that time he was a leading member of the gvmt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Ridiculous comment awol. His job as mp is to deal with constituency issues not to tootle down to london to listen osborne abuse him etc. i would be interested to see evidence of his constituents being unhappy with his work as their mp. Any chance of showing us some, genuinely interested to see. An MP that doesn't attend Parliament is not doing his job. The clue believe it or not is in the job title. That's pretty simple stuff to wrap your head around to be honest. EDIT: Are there any other MP's with Scottish constituencies who feel tootling down to London is beneath them? I thought they were called MSP's? Conclusion? Gordon is indeed, special. Edited July 22, 2013 by Awol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Ridiculous comment awol. His job as mp is to deal with constituency issues not to tootle down to london to listen osborne abuse him etc. i would be interested to see evidence of his constituents being unhappy with his work as their mp. Any chance of showing us some, genuinely interested to see. An MP that doesn't attend Parliament is not doing his job. The clue believe it or not is in the job title. That's pretty simple stuff to wrap your head around to be honest.so you say initially that he has problems, then you say he should turn up in parliament all the time. What is a back bench mp main priorities? Houses of parliament attendance or working with the people who voted for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Former prime minister Gordon Brown is the member of parliament earning the most from work outside parliament, new data have revealed. The Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, who has only spoken in the Commons on four occasions since May 2010, notched up £1.37 million in earnings outside his day job as a Labour backbencher during the last session of parliament. Don't recall Ed mentioning him in his second jobs speech in HofC the other week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Former prime minister Gordon Brown is the member of parliament earning the most from work outside parliament, new data have revealed. The Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, who has only spoken in the Commons on four occasions since May 2010, notched up £1.37 million in earnings outside his day job as a Labour backbencher during the last session of parliament. Don't recall Ed mentioning him in his second jobs speech in HofC the other weektony the ahh but labour gets a nice run out i see, love it :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 On how many occasions did Blair, Major and Thatch speak in the house following their departures as PM? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Ridiculous comment awol. His job as mp is to deal with constituency issues not to tootle down to london to listen osborne abuse him etc. i would be interested to see evidence of his constituents being unhappy with his work as their mp. Any chance of showing us some, genuinely interested to see. An MP that doesn't attend Parliament is not doing his job. The clue believe it or not is in the job title. That's pretty simple stuff to wrap your head around to be honest. EDIT: Are there any other MP's with Scottish constituencies who feel tootling down to London is beneath them? I thought they were called MSP's? Conclusion? Gordon is indeed, special.the last bit you have added certainly indicates a lot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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