CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Bleh, hypocricy is strife. Both parties are as bad as each other, claiming the high ground on whether labour or tories are worse for abusing their power is pretty equivelent to fighting over which one of you will **** the blow up doll first. It may give you pleasure but it's pretty **** pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 15, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted April 15, 2010 This debate is going to be quite bizarre. They've banned clapping. A solemn room of people is going to watch, silently, as 2 men in cultural uniform lie to each other whilst maintaining smiles and calm tones, while another stands there occasionally interjecting. It's going to be like some bizarre religious ritual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Hopefully they will have the scrolling bar at the bottom of the screen with text comments to provide the ell oh ells. Oh, and an indicator of whos doing well at the bottom like they do in america would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 A solemn room of people is going to watch, silently, as 2 men in cultural uniform lie to each other whilst maintaining smiles and calm tones, while another stands there occasionally interjecting. I just assumed it would be like the Chancellors debate ..only with out Vince Cable being smug and lying it will be Gordon instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 15, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted April 15, 2010 No the Chancellors debate allowed the audience to, in some way, partake by registering their approval. However the Tories (IIRC) moaned that there was a bias in the clapping to Cable, and that him being stood in the middle made him look reasonable. So no clapping, no nothing. Tisn't fair. I can only assume they'll solve the problem of someone being stood in the middle by arranging the three of them in a triangle or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarry Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 And as for travel expenses for meetings? Video Confrencing? Bit hard with 300 people attending! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Some "fun" poster updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 For the facebook fiends amongst you: Rate the Debate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 So no clapping, no nothing. Tisn't fair. sounds like a bundle of laughs It is believed Cameron and Brown will be sitting next to each other, with Clegg sitting on the fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Minimum wage - considering how many Tory MP's and members of the shadow cabinet voted against its introduction - will they maintain it? They absolutely will maintain it. Cameron has said himself. It would be political suicide to not uphold the minimum wage. All it would case is strikes and industrial action, and they need industry to pick up coming out of a recession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Minimum wage - considering how many Tory MP's and members of the shadow cabinet voted against its introduction - will they maintain it? They absolutely will maintain it. Cameron has said himself. It would be political suicide to not uphold the minimum wage. All it would case is strikes and industrial action, and they need industry to pick up coming out of a recession. I agree and I think Cameron agrees as well. If anything the minimum wage should go up a little bit once we are out of recession. One thing I agree that should be scrapped or certainly have the funding moved elsewhere is the Child Trust fund. Which I think the conservatives and Lib dems said they would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 I can only assume they'll solve the problem of someone being stood in the middle by arranging the three of them in a triangle or something. according to GMTV this morning, Clegg will be on the left and Green Dave in the middle. Gordy will be on the right, apparently because he can't see properly so that will give him the best vision from his working eye. If he was in the middle, he wouldn't be able to see one of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDon Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 If anything the minimum wage should go up a little bit once we are out of recession. I find it interesting that labour want civil service jobs to have their own minimum wage, what they call a "living wage" at £7.60 an hour. The conclusion you can draw from that is that anyone earning between the minimum wage, and £7.60 an hour, is clearly not living. If they think £7.60 is the wage you need to be earning to be able to "live", then how come they don't stick the minimum wage closer to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 If anything the minimum wage should go up a little bit once we are out of recession. I find it interesting that labour want civil service jobs to have their own minimum wage, what they call a "living wage" at £7.60 an hour. The conclusion you can draw from that is that anyone earning between the minimum wage, and £7.60 an hour, is clearly not living. If they think £7.60 is the wage you need to be earning to be able to "live", then how come they don't stick the minimum wage closer to it! exactly and I imagine it's another way of trying to pry more people into the civil service jobs than the private sector jobs. then again Labour probably thinks the public sector is self sufficient and doesn't rely on the private sector to fund it. then again with the parking fine i received basically under deception in Bury earlier this month I think perhaps by second paragraph is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 I wonder if Gordon will smile. Always amusing when he smiles, so tough for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 If anything the minimum wage should go up a little bit once we are out of recession. I find it interesting that labour want civil service jobs to have their own minimum wage, what they call a "living wage" at £7.60 an hour. The conclusion you can draw from that is that anyone earning between the minimum wage, and £7.60 an hour, is clearly not living. If they think £7.60 is the wage you need to be earning to be able to "live", then how come they don't stick the minimum wage closer to it! Where did you get that from TD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 They've banned clapping. Was there likely to have been much anyway? How are they intending to uphold this ban? Are there going to be 'clap monitors' circling the audience, ready to pounce and forcibly eject anyone looking to register a reaction? Sounds like it might be more interesting than the actual debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 15, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted April 15, 2010 Thats far to soft Darren, I've heard there'll be rifles on standby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 people will have to wear mittens that are connected with a piece of string - the string will be tightened as you enter to stop hands clapping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparey16 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 just got the form to registar to vote and ive got a great bloody choice who to vote for, only parties in my area - BNP, UKIP, Labour, Conservative...**** fantastic!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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