Anouleth Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 No, we didn't fuck the country up. That was the work of the previous government (which was a Labour one if I remember correctly)! :P We're trying to rebuild what your party ruined (ie this country). I'm not sure exactly what they ruined. While I disagree with how the recession was dealt with, I think the Labour government was on the whole doing okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 (edited) I'm not sure exactly what they ruined. While I disagree with how the recession was dealt with, I think the Labour government was on the whole doing okay. Most of the UK disagrees with you, I'm afraid (that's why Labour are in opposition instead of in government). Edited October 1, 2010 by NinjaMonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I heard the British Parliament sessions are lulzy. Does this match them? And fuck Communists. They fucked my country up bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I heard the British Parliament sessions are lulzy. Does this match them? And fuck Communists. They fucked my country up bad. Where do you live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Most of the UK disagrees with you, I'm afraid (that's why Labour are in opposition instead of in government). Most of the UK thinks that the Conservatives aren't capable of doing a better job (that's why there's a hung parliament). Speaking of hung parliament FUCKING RURAL INDEPENDENTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Most of the UK thinks that the Conservatives aren't capable of doing a better job (that's why there's a hung parliament). You mean "Coalition government". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Where do you live? Currently, America. But I'm a Chinese citizen and live there for half my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 You mean "Coalition government". *rolls eyes* Yes, but somehow I don't think most Liberal Democratic voters expected that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 So many Lib Dem voters have defected to Labour simply because they despise the Tories, and see Labour as the only way out of any form of Conservative ruling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anouleth Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Most of the UK disagrees with you, I'm afraid (that's why Labour are in opposition instead of in government). I'm not saying I voted for Labour, I voted for the Liberal Democrats. Of course, most of the UK disagrees with me there as well. But such is life, that most people will end up disagreeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Currently, America. But I'm a Chinese citizen and live there for half my life. They're not really Communists you know. :P Even Mao was pretty bad at the whole Communism thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 They're not really Communists you know. :P Even Mao was pretty bad at the whole Communism thing. I refer to them as Communists since they call them the Communist party. And I never liked communism to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 ...Doesn't Tory mean 'Irish cattle thief', anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 ...Doesn't Tory mean 'Irish cattle thief', anyway? If that's true, then that would be so fucking hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 (edited) Quick google search reveals; "The term tory originally denoted an Irish guerrilla, one of a group of Irishmen who in the 1640s were thrown off their property by the British and took to a life of harrying and plundering the British occupiers (it is an anglicization of Irish *tóraighe ‘pursuer’, which was derived from tóir ‘pursue’). In the 1670s it was applied as a term of abuse to Irish Catholic royalists, and then more generally to supporters of the Catholic James II, and after 1689 it came to be used for the members of the British political party that had at first opposed the removal of James and his replacement with the Protestant William and Mary." Not quite as hilarious as I'd hoped, but close enough. Edited October 1, 2010 by Furetchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikethfc Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Lemme buy you a drink. My affiliations would...probably lie with the Monster Raving Loony Party, myself. Alternatively, whoever appears to have the most chance of suddenly and spontaneously abolishing the monarchy. Then we'd need to come up with a new tourist attraction :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 This Tory government is much like a rainbow. It looks good from a distance, but on close inspection it has no real substance, you can see right through it and it's only there because of the Sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikethfc Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 This Tory government is much like a rainbow. It looks good from a distance, but on close inspection it has no real substance, you can see right through it and it's only there because of the Sun. Well with a Con-Dem coalition what can you expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 This Tory government is much like a rainbow. It looks good from a distance, but on close inspection it has no real substance, you can see right through it and it's only there because of the Sun. Still, it's better than having a Labour government! Oh and Raven, if you don't like the govenment, I suggest you emigrate somewhere else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Still, it's better than having a Labour government! Oh and Raven, if you don't like the govenment, I suggest you emigrate somewhere else! I'll wait patiently and watch Labour rise again and save us from these despised Tories. Besides, I couldn't even leave if I wanted to. Not enough money, nowhere to go, nowhere to stay, family, friends and education are here, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anouleth Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Still, it's better than having a Labour government! Oh and Raven, if you don't like the govenment, I suggest you emigrate somewhere else! That's stupid. I assume that you didn't leave the country when Labour got into power, so why should Raven? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 I wish that I could've though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 I refer to them as Communists since they call them the Communist party. You will find that in politics what someone says they are, and what they really are are vastly different. A great many nations who were anything but have called themselves the "People's Democratic Republic of", or some variation on that. Surely that won't make you hate People or Democracy or Republics, will it? And I never liked communism to start. Well yes, inability to function in reality does kind of limit a political ideology, but I can't help but love it all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor Odinson Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 You will find that in politics what someone says they are, and what they really are are vastly different. A great many nations who were anything but have called themselves the "People's Democratic Republic of", or some variation on that. Surely that won't make you hate People or Democracy or Republics, will it? Actually... Most of the "communist" nations use "People's Republic" or "People's Democracy" in their names to attempt to make themselves sound less fail. It does rather piss me off. ... I don't like totalitarian states in general. Or an ideology that makes everyone the fucking same. GAH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Then we'd need to come up with a new tourist attraction :( I don't care! DOWN WITH THE MONARCHY keep the guards, they're pretty cool in an outdatedly awesome way ...Australia needs that referendum again, with Republican leaders who DON'T FUCK IT UP THIS TIME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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