Election 2005

[tvmercia]

i wonder if the forum's very own benjamin f shatliff will be standing for election again. if i lived in church ward in bury i would definately vote for ben. he did say he would stand for election again after his unfortunate defeat last time

[Gavin Scott]

Tories get my vote.

Give me 3 good reasons why.

1. Lower unemployment.(Don,t forget 7 million people are currently unemployed in the UK.)
2. Lower taxes.
3. A properly funded NHS.

There are not seven million unemployed, and I don't care what "a civil servant said on other forums".

If you are going to lie to yourself, fine. I'm not going to entertain it, however. That only leaves two points, and as one of them claims the Tories will "properly fund the NHS", I don't think I'll bother discussing it further.

[Johnny]

Tories get my vote.

Give me 3 good reasons why.

1. Lower unemployment.(Don,t forget 7 million people are currently unemployed in the UK.)
2. Lower taxes.
3. A properly funded NHS.

Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, WRONG

1. Unemployment is NOT 7 MILLION. If it had it would be constantly in the news & Labour would be shitting themselves. Under Tories it was 3 Million, labour it is less

2. Hmm... Poll Tax anyone

3. HA HA HA Thatcher wanted to abolish it & the tories want to CUT funding.

[Anonymous]

[quote="Johnny"]Thatcher privatised nearly everything. She wanted to do the NHS but her party members wanted here out so she quitted instead.
It,s a fact that Lady Thatcher never had any intention of privatising the NHS!

[Johnny]

Thatcher DID NOT like the NHS at all

[Anonymous]

Give me 3 good reasons why.

1. Lower unemployment.(Don,t forget 7 million people are currently unemployed in the UK.)
2. Lower taxes.
3. A properly funded NHS.

Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, WRONG

1. Unemployment is NOT 7 MILLION. If it had it would be constantly in the news & Labour would be shitting themselves. Under Tories it was 3 Million, labour it is less

Get your facts straight Johnny UK unemployment currently stands at 7 million, secret documents which the government are trying to suppress prove this!

[Jamez]

Most of my friends are unemployed, but don't claim benefit. Therefore, they don't show up on the unemployment statistics.

[Pete]

Get your facts straight Johnny UK unemployment currently stands at 7 million, secret documents which the government are trying to suppress prove this!

oh please. go and join freerepublic if you want to talk such shite. 7 million is over 10% of the population, you'd notice if they were all unemployed.

[cat]

WOAH! What the hell is going on here... come somebody please check to see if Ross Revenge is doubling up as someone else, please?

He's quoting himself and disagreeing with himself...

He said unemployment was 7 million, then he said no it isn't...

Either i'm very confused, and will return with humility to Desperate Housewives, or something fishy is going on.

[Mich]

As a woman i won't bore you all and bang on about the suffragettes. You will understand why it is important to me to vote.
If you're a woman Mich - Hang your head in shame-

Eh? I certainly plan to vote, although i'm certainly not going to vote for a party that I do not wish to see in government and/or have made no attempt to attract my vote. Voter turnout is awfully low, if that were all dis-interest with the current parties, a higher number of abstentions than votes for the government would send a very powerful verdict.

Most of my friends are unemployed, but don't claim benefit. Therefore, they don't show up on the unemployment statistics.

Not true, they do not appear on the Claimant Count statistic although they will appear on the Labour Force Survey. Some statistics for you...
Claimant Count (December Figures)
1992 2,983,300
1997 1,394,400
2001 948,500
2004 810,200

The claimant count is generally a poor measure of unemployment as the rules are notoriously changed frequently. The better Labour Force Survey...
Labour Force Survey (December Figures)
1992 2,898,000
1997 1,756,000
2001 1,469,000
2004 1,362,000 (October figure)

Some way from 7 million!

[Pete]

WOAH! What the hell is going on here... come somebody please check to see if Ross Revenge is doubling up as someone else, please?

He's quoting himself and disagreeing with himself...

He said unemployment was 7 million, then he said no it isn't...

Either i'm very confused, and will return with humility to Desperate Housewives, or something fishy is going on.

he isn't actually Tom although I wouldn't put it past him. He's just so retarded he can't use the quote system properly. He's only just discovered signatures to post his "p.s. please visit radiocaroline" tripe in.

Talking of inability to use a system. I'm now paranoid I forogot to send away my voter registration form thingy I picked up at school. If I haven't sent it away does that mean I can't vote? Do I get something in the post to say "you can vote" and if so, when does it come?