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My only issue with a coalition govt is the potential that Labour could stay in power. *Vomit*
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@rpcutts You say that now. I suspect you all be whinging much more under Conservative. Remember Thatcher?
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@fabsh Europe has a much worse view of Thatcher than even Labour supporters have of her in the UK.
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@jontheniceguy Don't go telling me of the crap that goes down then. Just wait till the Cons extend the DEBill...
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@fabsh Meh, I have no real opinion on Thatcher - while she was in power, I was at school in London, and didn't really know what she did.
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@jontheniceguy See.... This is why I am all for people to look at their history when they want to know why their present is screwed up.
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@fabsh I'm quite the fan of what thatcher believed in and what she achieved. Labour had dragged the country to its knees before she took ove
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@fabsh you just have to compare the winter I'd discontent to 1996 and the results speak for themselves.
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@rpcutts We fundamentally disagree then. Thatcher is to me what Bush was in the US and Merkel/Kohl are in Germany: A blight on the land.
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@fabsh fair enough.
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@fabsh Here here! Scotland knows the conservatives haven't changed. Their votes have gone down but it'll strain between scotland and england
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@yamanickill Yeah, I can see Scotland is very Labor/LibDems. If your Liberals are the same as ours that's bad too, though...
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Impressed that @tdobson's campaign team got top number and top %age of votes of the #PiratePartyUK Candidate! Go TIM! :) #ge2010
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@jontheniceguy Nice. How many %s?
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@fabsh Nowhere near as bad as conservatives.
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@fabsh 0.6% - 236 votes. Next highest was @AndyPPUK@twitter.com with 0.4% - 173 votes
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@jontheniceguy Total is under 1% I'm guessing? A bit disappointing...
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@yamanickill I honestly don't know. In Germany they are a lot worse. The fact that they have "Liberal" in the name is a fucking disgrace.
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@fabsh the liberals here really are just that... on paper anyway. They haven't been tested much in office.
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@fabsh they never get a look in because they get looked at as a wasted vote and their immigration policy and stance on the EU isn't popular.
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@rpcutts Do they want the Euro?
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@rpcutts Plus they screwed by Catch-22. They can only get in if some form of PR comes in and they can never get in to introduce PR.
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@fabsh yes they are but that is political suicide in the UK so they say they would have a referendum and let the public decide.
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@rpcutts You people are so weird and insular some times....
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@fabsh yup. Some sort of we had an empire / island mentality thing going on.
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@fabsh I'm not sold on the euro for reasons about control of fiscal policy and interest rates. But I'm open to counter arguments.
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@rpcutts Empire? What century is this? You need a proper written constitution....
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@rpcutts The counter argument is: It works and makes life easier for people. I think they should make it compulsory for EU states.
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@fabsh well the £ works too and for me convenience doesn't out weigh my national bank having the ability to influence my national economy.
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@fabsh there will be something we agree on somewhere but I'm not sure what it would be ;)
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@rpcutts It works for you. In the UK. If you don't leave the country.
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