spray
PSP pwner
5th May 2005 is here
now get out and vote you people of freedom and liberty!
i already have done
h34r:
postal
now get out and vote you people of freedom and liberty!
i already have done
h34r: postal
Voting Day Is Here!
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sensible GP32
Well-Known Member
sigh i hope the friggin tory's dont get in..
howard is a mean bastard
howard is a mean bastard
speedmike
I'm gonna turn it back and run it again
I Can't vote in England only America, World wide citizenship would be hella cool!
markusdragon
FI5H Agent
Got up early to vote. I'm 18, so I'm a first time voter.
Tis scary, 'n' stuff...
Tis scary, 'n' stuff...
sam fisher
Well-Known Member
my dad has to vote after work.
I thoought you were 16 :huh:
I thoought you were 16 :huh:
Vimacs
Don't be evil!
yeah would be cool, this way that terrorists at usa could finaly get a democracy, but it looks like they have to be bombed to get one :-/, but iam sure we will get a uno mandat without problems, they have weapons of mass destructions and killing thousends of innocents.speedmike posted on May 5 2005 at 05:04 AM said:
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Klown
Trolling on the Spiderweb
Vote New Labour so the country doesn't turn into an even bigger hole.
Mark
Boris Johnson: Cuddly Conservative
I'm quite fond of The Economist's front cover:
"There is no alternative. Alas" *Picture of Blair*
Pretty much sums everything up.
"There is no alternative. Alas" *Picture of Blair*
Pretty much sums everything up.
xboxit
Just Photoshoppin, True, True.....
I sent in an idea but they didn't use it for one of there posters. It said "We're all gonna lead you to hell so why not vote for lib dem, it doesn't make one difference."
skysnapper
sleep is for wimps
Another Vote but not for Labour
Fingers crossed the buggers don't get back in for a third term!
Fingers crossed the buggers don't get back in for a third term!
lizard808uk
Child of the 80s
Voted Labour in the General and LibDem in the Local.
I had a rough ride with tuition fees and don't see why people who come after me should get a freebie under the Tories. Also I think Gordon Brown is much better at looking after my money and the economy than that prick Letwin
I voted LibDem in the local, so I can show my "displeasure" to Tony Blair, but also they've done pretty good round these parts in the past. (e.g. recycling schemes etc)
I had a rough ride with tuition fees and don't see why people who come after me should get a freebie under the Tories. Also I think Gordon Brown is much better at looking after my money and the economy than that prick Letwin
I voted LibDem in the local, so I can show my "displeasure" to Tony Blair, but also they've done pretty good round these parts in the past. (e.g. recycling schemes etc)
spray
PSP pwner
lizard808uk posted on May 5 2005 at 09:18 AM said:
but you do see why people should be saddled with at least nine thousand pounds more debt than you?
this election is tough.
after i read the report by the IFS about the spending plans for each party that concluded despite labours best efforts at mudslinging all three parties fiscal policies added up and could be made to work over a four year tenure, i was truly thrown as who to vote for.
if anything the liberals plans faces the most problems as the 500,000 odd people who do earn more than £100,000 p.a. are going to be quite handy at keeping their dosh away from the tax man.
if it comes down to issue voting then i must say in this election i'm a tory boy, i agree with the majority of their "are you thinking ideas" (except the immigration one) and feel repulsed by blair over tution fees and the war in iraq. i remember watching a news night special where it was paxman, blair and a selected audience. time after time he repeated that he would not take britain to war without UN approval, that was when i came around to supporting the war. when he marched our troops off anyway i was just flabber gasted.
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lizard808uk
Child of the 80s
Sorry, forgot to say I'm against "top-up" fees. I think the £1000 or so is enough.
I think asking people to pay £3000 or more is elitism gone mad. I have a debt of about £20,000 have no chance of paying it off until I'm 40 odd. (I dont think this should be any more than it is for students coming through)
True, what you say about those that earn more than £100,000. But if it meant the Spice Girls leaving the country then I'm all for it.
RE: Iraq, I think it was defintely a mistake to go there without UN backing and I honestly think it won't happen again (not in this generation at least). But that doesnt affect my vote - since thats more based on tax and stuff that directly affects me.
The other thing that got me to vote Labour was Gordon Brown's policy on Africa, and the way in which he stood up to Condoleeza Rice in Brussels(?). In other words he should be PM and not Blair!
I think asking people to pay £3000 or more is elitism gone mad. I have a debt of about £20,000 have no chance of paying it off until I'm 40 odd. (I dont think this should be any more than it is for students coming through)
True, what you say about those that earn more than £100,000. But if it meant the Spice Girls leaving the country then I'm all for it.
RE: Iraq, I think it was defintely a mistake to go there without UN backing and I honestly think it won't happen again (not in this generation at least). But that doesnt affect my vote - since thats more based on tax and stuff that directly affects me.
The other thing that got me to vote Labour was Gordon Brown's policy on Africa, and the way in which he stood up to Condoleeza Rice in Brussels(?). In other words he should be PM and not Blair!
spray
PSP pwner
i agree with you on that
brown has in my eyes been the glue of the labour premiereships, they would have died a horrible death were it not for his purposeful prudence
brown has in my eyes been the glue of the labour premiereships, they would have died a horrible death were it not for his purposeful prudence
Klown
Trolling on the Spiderweb
I think Blair made perfect sense of the top up fees on question time. I need to find an extract...
spray
PSP pwner
in theory the working of top up fees make more sense as a equalitarian ideal with the new labour working of them.
be you rich or poor you will be left with a debt of £9,000 at the completion of a three year course, whereas presently you need to find £1,000 a year to cover tution fees.
the glaring ommission seems to have been made when it comes to the cost of living. in conversation with friends both at my uni and at others it seems that a minimum of about £6,000 a year is needed. take off the thousand for tution fees and you are still left with a short fall of at leat £2,000.
the problem for me however is the fact that it was a complete destruction of the mandate to specifically state in the manifesto that top up fees will not be introduced and that they will legislate so and yet then bring them in. its just pandering to a short term student vote who by the next election will be worrying about far more.
be you rich or poor you will be left with a debt of £9,000 at the completion of a three year course, whereas presently you need to find £1,000 a year to cover tution fees.
the glaring ommission seems to have been made when it comes to the cost of living. in conversation with friends both at my uni and at others it seems that a minimum of about £6,000 a year is needed. take off the thousand for tution fees and you are still left with a short fall of at leat £2,000.
the problem for me however is the fact that it was a complete destruction of the mandate to specifically state in the manifesto that top up fees will not be introduced and that they will legislate so and yet then bring them in. its just pandering to a short term student vote who by the next election will be worrying about far more.
c0ncept
H.R. Gigers wet dream
spray posted on May 5 2005 at 12:46 PM said:
absolute bare minimum. And its even more expensive in places such as london.
voted LibDem, because they're the only liberal party with a hope in hell of getting in. I should really have voted green as they're social policies are slightly closer to mine than libDem but I couldn't stomache literally throwing my vote away...
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firefly1201
Bleh.
At my school's mock election I voted Green Party. But it has no impact on the real world what-so-ever
c0ncept
H.R. Gigers wet dream
mock elections? Thats a great idea! What a good way to counter voter apathy in young people.
The lib dems have it right, lower the voing age to 16. I was 16 at the last general elections and bitterly wished I could vote against that twat blair
The lib dems have it right, lower the voing age to 16. I was 16 at the last general elections and bitterly wished I could vote against that twat blair
finty
what is this
I love the community spirit that arises at elections, like our local Sinn Fein candidate just called to the door to see if anyone wanted a lift to the polling station. Seemed dead on too.
