British Politics thread

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Miliband, as someone said, is that lame calf that appears on Animal Hospital. You feel sorry for him and kind of hope he pulls through even though you know he should be put down.

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From the outside looking in, the options look about as appealing as our collective crap buffet back in 2014.

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There's such a thing as the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition? Wonders never cease.

Didn't it used to be the Coalition of Trade Unionist Socialists?

Splitters!

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-government-is-about-to-prevent-at-least-400000-people-from-accessing-adult-education-and-completely-get-away-with-it-10111693.html

This seems like a counter-productive move at best for a country that needs highly educated individuals.

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Cuts in higher education seem counter-productive if the idea is to prevent people from needing a handout. You help them get the required skills and degree to find themselves a job and contribute rather than merely taking away from the welfare state.

Won't this only lead to a larger group of uneducated people who fail to find a job and thus end up on the dole?

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Erica Ambler wrote:

Salomé wrote:

Won't this only lead to a larger group of uneducated people who fail to find a job and thus end up on the dole?

Perhaps, but you need to explain to me why the cost of their repeated education is the responsibility of the taxpayer. I retrain or reskill every two years or so, but don't expect anyone else to pay for it.

Merely arguing that it might not be the worst possible use of taxpayers money.
Especially for a country that needs highly-trained and educated individuals yet has very little use for those who hold no degree at all.
Which is basically the reality for Britain and most European countries (if not all).

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Watching the Leaders Debates. Debate even. Sort of like watching the Christmas special of Yes Minister.

Largo's Shark wrote:

Will be voting for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition. It's a throwaway vote, but I'd rather them than UKIP, Labour or the Tories.  

I think you should instead be voting for the Conservative and Unionist Party as it's got "Unionist" in its name too. It really does.

And has a half-decent acronym.

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Politicians attempting to gain pop-cultural kudos is often curl-up-in-the-foetal-position embarrassing.

Erica Ambler wrote:

Ed Miliband wants Rosamund Pike to be first female James Bond.

If that was a clue in a crossword, then the solution would be 'clueless cunt'.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/ed-miliband-wants-rosamund-pike-to-be-the-first-female-james-bond-10147248.html

Poor Wallace.

Still, Mrs Martin Freeman was quite on the fence yesterday after Mr Freeman's Labour vid by declaring "Fuck the Tories!" on Twitter. Pardon me, #F----the Tories.

Something about hashtags.

Erica Ambler wrote:

Ed Miliband wants Rosamund Pike to be first female James Bond.

If that was a clue in a crossword, then the solution would be 'clueless cunt'.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/ed-miliband-wants-rosamund-pike-to-be-the-first-female-james-bond-10147248.html

What an arse!

His political career should be over for that alone.

April fools anybody?