ml1dch Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 (edited) On 13/03/2024 at 12:05, MakemineVanilla said: I think a better definition of "conservative" would be the "silenced majority" who have learned to keep their traps shut. You're projecting a level of political engagement and interest amongst the wider population which just doesn't exist. At most recent polling around 10% of British adults didn't know who Rishi Sunak is and nearly a quarter didn't know who Keir Starmer is. The idea that there is a "silenced majority" who have "learned to keep their traps shut" makes the daft assumption that the average person is online following every twist and turn of culture war Twitter. I can promise you, they're not. Edited March 17 by ml1dch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Just seen this shared on facebook It’s scary just how many people in the comments say “you’ve got my vote”. There should be a law protecting stupid people from being taken advantage of. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 8 minutes ago, Genie said: There should be a law protecting stupid people from being taken advantage of. I just realised that if there was a law, they’d vote to be exempt from the protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 The problem with prohibition of stupid is that it makes a martyr of stupid. Prohibition is a knee-jerk response of fear. We shouldn't fear stupid we should correct it, reason with it, educate it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Believers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 11 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: The problem with prohibition of stupid is that it makes a martyr of stupid. Prohibition is a knee-jerk response of fear. We shouldn't fear stupid we should correct it, reason with it, educate it. I broke a rule of my own and replied to him stating why each point was so stupid. He immediately deleted my post . I was waiting for him to delete me off his friends list but sadly not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 minute ago, Genie said: I broke a rule of my own and replied to him stating why each point was so stupid. He immediately deleted my post . I was waiting for him to delete me off his friends list but sadly not yet. I thought about doing the same here It's hard to read the banner headline and not respond "No you wont" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 42 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: I thought about doing the same here It's hard to read the banner headline and not respond "No you wont" I started every bullet point with “no they won’t” then stated why. Some people are happy in their own little ignorant world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted March 21 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21 I see 'our Tommy' has been doing educational seminars in Russia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted March 21 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21 offshore processing centres in british overseas territories? aren't most of our overseas territories in the carribean? that'll deter them..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 3 hours ago, VILLAMARV said: The problem with prohibition of stupid is that it makes a martyr of stupid. Prohibition is a knee-jerk response of fear. We shouldn't fear stupid we should correct it, reason with it, reeducate it. FTFY! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, Follyfoot said: I see 'our Tommy' has been doing educational seminars in Russia No doubt he'll bring some of the wisdom home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 21 Moderator Share Posted March 21 Also, for more shits and giggles, Reform are only 4 points behind the Tories in the latest YouGov / Times poll Labour 44% (nc) Tories 19% (-1) Reform 15% (+1) LibDems 9% (nc) Greens 8% (+1) Should do a lot for sales of Andrex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 21 Moderator Share Posted March 21 For more shits and giggles I put that into Electoral Calculus predictor Labour 524 LibDem 49 Tory 36 Green 2 Reform 0 Just imagine! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 21 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, bickster said: Also, for more shits and giggles, Reform are only 4 points behind the Tories in the latest YouGov / Times poll Labour 44% (nc) Tories 19% (-1) Reform 15% (+1) LibDems 9% (nc) Greens 8% (+1) Should do a lot for sales of Andrex While I have no brief for the LibDems, they are at least a moderate party. I find it quite disturbing that a filthy bunch like Reform appear to be more popular. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted March 21 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21 A significant Reform vote would virtually wipe out the Tories, but what it says about the general population would be concerning. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 21 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21 14 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: A significant Reform vote would virtually wipe out the Tories, but what it says about the general population would be concerning. Yet they can't see that by chasing the Reform votes they are destroying themselves when they should be chasing votes the other way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted March 21 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 21 I’ve only ever known one LibDem. He bought the local football club whilst I was involved with the supporters club. He asked me for a significant wedge of money, which I declined to hand over. He called the police, told them it was his money and that I’d stolen it. He then called me to a meeting where he wanted to raise funds to relocate the club to a new out of town stadium funded by selling the current stadium. I had to tell him I was a little concerned that as the club owner he didn’t know we were a tenant and the council owned the stadium. For that news, he phoned the local newspaper and told them I had a football banning order (I didn’t). His next move was to ban me from games for non attendance at games. He rang me and told me the ban would remain in place for as long as I was boycotting games. I told him I wasn’t boycotting games, he’d banned me. He told me he would lift the ban, but only if I started attending again. His next plan was to buy the lease for the ground (which wasn’t for sale), he was going to do this by raising funding from the community with one giant event ‘like live aid’, but with a twist, it would be a cheese and wine party in a local park. Based on this sample of LibDems, I’m not keen. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 “staffed by believers” **** me. It’s becoming religious now. If the people running the system believe hard enough it’ll work. Conversely, it’s not that the current system is bat shit crazy, underfunded and generally unworkable. It’s just that the people there don’t believe enough. Simplistic answers for people with simple minds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 8 minutes ago, mjmooney said: While I have no brief for the LibDems, they are at least a moderate party. I find it quite disturbing that a filthy bunch like Reform appear to be more popular. The gammonati been radicalised by the brother Barclay, Murdoch, Viscount Rothermere and the rest over time. Younger, poor critical thinking types are influenced by the likes of Team Putin, the rich right wing nutjobs of the US, Tate, random dicks of Twitter and thick c*nts down the pub. Both factions have been utterly mugged off and are losing it a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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