The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 3

[Hiroki]

Originally Posted by Mick

It was far from funny - granted he made the comments in private (or so he thought) those comments got back to the woman in question and she was left very upset by it and she was an hard Labour supporter. If that's what Gordon 'numpty' Brown really thinks of his own party supporters/voters, who bring up legit questions and concerns during an election campaign visit - he deserves no votes at all.

Couldn't give a toss, I thought it was funny and that's all that matters to me.

We don't know what the woman said and GB could be right in calling her what he called her.

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Originally Posted by Sirius

There's always one

Hey I like the bloke and he is the best chance this country has

The other two parties in the running are jokes.

Meanwhile, if this knocked the smug grin off Alex Salmond's face for even a second, the world will have become a happier place.

[mikegreen]

One bunch of liars go in, another bunch come out.

Nothing improves, I vote in the vain hope that for once something will change but it never does in any meaningful way.

And those godawful televised debates just make it worse. Nick Clegg?!

The only winners are the politicians, the losers are always the electorate in one way or another.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

[Niles Crane]

Is there something wrong with calling a bigot a bigot? When did bigot become a slur? Quite ironic that. In fact, i dare say it's "PC gone mad!"

The only issue here is that he didn't say it to her face.

But she wasn't bigoted in anything she said.... doh...

I still haven't made my mind up yet, i know it certainly won't be conservative but i need to do some in depth thought then lay the polling card in my budgie cage and see which one gets picked 1st .

[Niles Crane]

Originally Posted by Mick

But she wasn't bigoted in anything she said.... doh...

You think she wasn't, clearly GB thinks her opinions show otherwise.

Originally Posted by Mick

But she wasn't bigoted in anything she said.... doh...

so what did she say then ?

[Niles Crane]

Originally Posted by martyh

so what did she say then ?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7110540.ece

Whether you agree with the judgement or not, i'd say "sort of bigoted" (his exact words) is a fair judgement for somebody to make.

This whole story is a mountain out of a molehill, and i'm not even a Labour supporter either.

[nomadking]

Gillian Duffy: You can't say anything about the immigrants because you're saying that you're... but all these eastern Europeans what are coming in, where are they flocking from?

And his comments demonstrate, that what she said is true.

[mikegreen]

Originally Posted by bjorkiii

I still haven't made my mind up yet, i know it certainly won't be conservative but i need to do some in depth thought then lay the polling card in my budgie cage and see which one gets picked 1st
.

Don't you mean see which one gets pecked first?

It's the only way to be sure. Budgie knows best.

[Niles Crane]

It's a good question to be honest. I've often wondered just quite where all these Eastern European people are coming from. Islamistan? South Slovakland? The Over There? Atlantis? Neverneverland? It's a mystery.

Originally Posted by Niles Crane

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7110540.ece

Whether you agree with the judgement or not, i'd say "sort of bigoted" (his exact words) is a fair judgement for somebody to make.

This whole story is a mountain out of a molehill, and i'm not even a Labour supporter either.

i would agree ,i think any other time it would be a nothing story ,i think she is a "sort of bigot" in the same way as a lot of people are "sort of bigots" in that we are concerned about immigration

[mikegreen]

"but all these eastern Europeans what are coming in, where are they flocking from?"

I'll take a stab at answering this. Eastern Europe maybe?

I was going to hazard a guess at that region too.

Spooky.