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No, I think some people should be denied a vote because they're stupid. Give me a rationale reason why you, or anyone lose, voted for whichever party they vote for and you won't get an argument from me, but in my opinion, large swathes of the British public will vote for whatever party last nights chip wrapper told them to.
Impossible, though I can understand where you're coming from.
The problem is that we can all probably have our own definition of what we regard as idiots politically (Elysium, cough), but because we all have different opinions, there is technically no such thing as a stupid voter (apart from Elysium).
Do you think the Tories give a toss about us?
Christ, I even had a letter through my door from David Cameron (key marginal see) banging on about how Labour cannot be trusted to run the NHS in Wales! I mean SERIOUSLY???
Regular followers of my political post will know I'm no Labourite, but I voted for the person who has demonstrated to me that she actually cares about the people in our constituency, rather than the party she's a member of.
Oh I agree it's impossible.
It's the same thing with the EU referendum. Leading economists and academics can't agree on which would be best for the country, I for one certainly don't feel qualified to make a decision on such an important issue, but ultimately our futures and our children's futures are about to be decided on by sun readers.
so UKIP voters are idiots because they just voted UKIP because they were not labour ( according to some on here )
Yet you have nailed why ( we suspect ) a fair % voted UKIP, immigration
We all know why UKIP will do well, the immigration issues, they shout the loudest about it and it will tick the box of some voters, of course if they didnt have the " racist " tag, then i wonder if more would vote
Suppose there are 5 issues of concern to me (immigration, the NHS, sovereignty etc) for which I have pro- and anti- stances. There are 2 to the power 5 combinations = 32. Thus there would need to be 32 different options to reflect everyone's position accurately in an election. How many seats had 32 candidates? ...
I give you your new AM "Mr Spoiled Ballot". My point stands - UKIP are over-represented.
Ok. But yes, you're right.
UKIP are the politics of fear.
This is what's wrong with your life.
This is how it's going to get worse.
These are who are to blame.
I'm a good bloke who likes a pint just like you and I'm the one who's going to sort it all out, please vote for me.
Maybe.
I just find it strange that the good people of Torfaen, hardly the cultural melting pot of London, Birmingham or Leciseter, have somehow come to the conclusion that the reason they can't get to see a doctor, teacher or get a job is because of a group of Syrian immigrants (has any of us actually seen anyone from Syria yet?) who are hell bent on taking our jobs/clogging up our hospitals/blowing us up.
Ether Farage and his henchmen have pulled off a master stroke of indoctrination, or are appealing to latent, and hitherto unexpressed, racist tendencies.
Either way, it all seems a bit 1930's Germany to me,
Not a fan of Hamilton at all but Reckless is a good man. He's was an MP for the Conservatives in Kent and very well educated, he will be great for Wales.
I can't see how the low calibre of labour AMs is being overlooked by the same people who are questioning the calibre of Mark Reckless just because of the party he represents. I am thrilled that Leighton Andrews has gone, poisonous little man. Vaughn Gething is a creep, Drakeford is useless as is Jane Hutt and don't get me started on that quack Carl Sargeant. The debates are just tragic at the moment. Reckless is by far a better politician than all these people.
On a side note I am interested to see Neil Mcevoy elected, I can only imagine they will need to make the doors bigger down the bay just to fit is massive ego through the doors although I gather he ran an excellent campaign that pissed the Labour party off.
On 1 Feb 2012:
Mark Reckless voted against those who have been ill or disabled since their youth recieving Employment and Support Allowance on the same basis as if they had made sufficient National Insurance contributions to qualify for a contribution based allowance.
On 1 Feb 2012:
Mark Reckless voted not to make an exception for those with a cancer diagnosis or undergoing cancer treatment from the 365 day limit on receiving contribution based Employment and Support Allowance.
On 9 Mar 2011:
Mark Reckless voted to introduce Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments and to restrict housing benefit for those in social housing deemed to have excess bedrooms.
light the touchpaper and stand back eh.
its no coincidence that votes for ukip have gone through the roof, when you look at the state of the two main parties in britain who could not run a bath between them
ukip are certainly under represented in parliament, and by the time the next general election comes along , they will be ukip mp,s crashing through the westminster doors in droves.
many people have had enough of the two tier system in this country, which basically changes absolutely nothing, they just cancel each other out every 4 or 5 years.